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Tennis-Mertens beats former Wimbledon champion Kerber to reach last 16
Belgian Elise Mertens stayed solid against an error-prone Angelique Kerber of Germany to defeat the former Wimbledon champion 6-4 7-5 on Friday and reach the fourth round. Mertens achieved her best showing at the grasscourt Grand Slam in 2019 when she reached the round of 16 and came into Friday's contest having defeated the three-times major winner in their only previous meeting three years ago.
Belgian Elise Mertens stayed solid against an error-prone Angelique Kerber of Germany to defeat the former Wimbledon champion 6-4 7-5 on Friday and reach the fourth round.
Mertens achieved her best showing at the grasscourt Grand Slam in 2019 when she reached the round of 16 and came into Friday's contest having defeated the three-times major winner in their only previous meeting three years ago. The 26-year-old Belgian, who reached a career-high ranking of 12th in 2018, had to save two match points against Panna Udvardy in a second-round match that lasted three hours and 15 minutes and stretched over two days.
Her third-round clash was much more comfortable. Mertens broke the left-handed Kerber's delivery in the fourth game and served for the opening set at 5-3, only for Kerber to break back.
But the Belgian did not lose her composure and broke the 2018 Wimbledon champion to love. Appearing in her 51st consecutive major, the 34-year-old Kerber seemed to have got the momentum back when she cracked Mertens' delivery and took a 5-3 lead in the second set.
But with the former world number one serving to level the match, Mertens broke Kerber and sealed the contest when the German committed her 28th unforced error by sending a return into the net. Mertens, who won the doubles in 2021, will next meet third seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia for a place in the quarter-finals.
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However the Spanish Government had a solution, they built a Parador.
The gleaming, seven-storey, steel-and-glass structure dominates the northern tip of the city and attracts thousands of guests every year. Suddenly Cadiz was on those lists of cool travel destinations you have to visit.
I stayed last week and loved every minute but I couldn’t get my head around the fact that it was run by the state. Spain now has 98 government-owned Paradors and they all have a purpose. Some are located in grand old houses or palaces to save them from ruin while others, like Cadiz, are designed to lure visitors to areas where tourism is under-developed.
Around a quarter of the properties run at a loss, but there is a bigger picture revolving around national heritage and developing tourism infrastructure. So could that work here?
At the moment, it’s hard to imagine what a government-owned, national hotel chain here would be like apart from short-staffed or on strike. So if we assume the state has other pressing issues to deal with, is any other public body suitable for the task?
Step forward the National Trust for Scotland. Mired in controversy in recent years over financial difficulties, mass redundancies and problematic aspects of our history, the NTS does however have stewardship over some of the most impressive properties in our land.
Instead of preserving them, pickled in aspic, for day-trippers to wander around like confused shoppers in Ikea, could the Paradors of Spain provide a new model for the future?
Battered by the pandemic, the financial situation of the NTS remains precarious despite millions in financial support from the Scottish Government. The future strategy revolves going carbon neutral by 2031 and growing the membership.
Good luck with the former when your specialist subject is big, old, draughty houses. The problem with the latter is that the next generation are more interested in virals than vestibules. The fact that NTS has fewer Instagram followers than Scots wrestler Grado suggests they are not quite in tune with the future marketplace.
More than that, the days are long gone of skint old toffs leaving their crumbling piles to be saved by a nation of obliging serfs happy to pay up to see what they might have won if they had been dealt a better hand.
Nowadays people want to pay for experiences, not to feel let down by life.
Fairytale properties like Craigievar Castle or William Adam’s spectacular House of Dun could deliver just that while maintaining the principles of public access and developing an income stream for the future, as well as acting as a showcase for the best in Scottish hospitality, food and drink.
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LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This July 7, 2022, Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Starkey will be joined on his birthday by family and friends, including current All Starrs Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter, Colin Hay, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette, as well as friends Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner, Richard Marx, Matt Sorum, Ed Begley Jr, Linda Perry, Diane Warren, Roy Jr and Alex Orbison.
They will gather together in Los Angeles for Ringo's annual Peace & Love Birthday event, and at Noon give the traditional "Peace and Love" exclamation. This year Artemis Music Space Network, through the International Space Station (ISS) will amplify that message not only to the entire planet but up into Earth's orbit and to the stars.
At Noon Ringo will signal the Artemis Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas to beam his message & music (Ringo's 2021 single release "Let's Change The World" and his "Star Song" (the music the stars made upon his birth as mapped out by Artemis) to the International Space Station (ISS), where it will orbit around the Earth, passing over many countries and much of the Earth's population and beaming back down messages of peace and love while also traveling out to distant stars.
Prior to this musicians, including Langhorne Slim and Sawyer Fredericks, will celebrate Ringo's music with tribute performances.
The global celebrations continue to be confirmed and so far include 26, beginning in Sydney, Australia, where Today's Karl Stefanovic has the first Noon "Peace & Love" event of the day. It then continues with events in Tokyo and Osaka Japan, Moscow, Russia, Athens, Greece, Ticino Switzerland, Halle, Germany, Barcelona and Madrid Spain, Venice, Italy, London, England, Buenos Aires and Chascomús Argentina, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Lima, Peru, Panama City, Panama, San Salvador, El Salvador, Guatemala City, Guatemala, San Jose Costa Rica, and Stateside in New York City, New York, Interlochen, MI (Interlochen Center for the Arts), Cleveland, OH (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum), Fairfield, IA (Marharshi University) and Los Angeles, California (Ringo usually invites fans to join him in person however this year the gathering in Los Angeles could not be made public to adhere to city ordinances). This year also sees the first "Peace and Love" celebration in South Africa, where people in Yeoville, Johannesburg will gather at Noon and participate at the Friday Hartley Shelter.
In advance of July 7, and continuing through July 10, one of the event sponsors, The Beatles Channel on SiriusXM, will air special programming celebrating Ringo's birthday. Starbucks, one of the events amplifiers, will be playing a special Ringo Playlist in over 10,000 Starbucks stores, and share with cutomers a special Peace & Love message from Ringo at Noon local time at participating locations.
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Background on Ringo's Peace & Love Birthdays: Since 2008 Ringo has invited everyone everywhere to think, say or post #peaceandlove at Noon their local time on July 7th to fulfill his birthday wish of a wave of Peace and Love encircling the planet. Usually Ringo meets with fans in whatever city he is in, a tradition that began July 7, 2008 when he convened with fans and friends on the streets in front of the Hard Rock Café in Chicago, passing out cupcakes and joining the crowd for "Peace and Love" exactly at Noon. In the ensuing years it has grown enormously and in 2019 there were over 30 Peace & Love events in countries all around the world including Argentina - Buenos Aires; Chascomus, Armenia - Yerevan Australia -Sydney, Bolivia - La Paz, Brazil - Sao Paulo, Columbia -Bogota, Costa Rica - San Jose, Cuba – Habana, Czech Republic – Prague, El Salvador - San Salvador, Estonia – Tallin, Finland – Helsinki, Germany - Hamburg and Halle, Italy – Venice, Japan - Osaka; Tokyo, Panama - Panama City, Paraguay -Asunción, Peru – Lima, Russia – Moscow, Spain - Barcelona; Madrid, United Kingdom - London; Liverpool, United States - Chicago; Minneapolis, Hawaii, Los Angeles, New York City.
2020's pandemic prevented an in-person event, and Ringo instead moved the celebration to be virtual, hosting "Ringo's Big Birthday Show," which featured unseen concert and unique performances by Starr, Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Ben Harper and Dave Grohl, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr and Sheila E. The show was broadcast globally via AXS, YouTube and Ceek and it benefitted Black Lives Matter Global Network, The David Lynch Foundation, Musicares and WaterAid. Meanwhile the #peaceandlove posts came from near and far, with the Mars Rover and The International Space Station being the first to wish Ringo a Happy Birthday "From 260 miles above our home planet, NASA Astronauts wish Ringo Starr a happy 80th birthday! Since our orbiting laboratory operates in Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT, it's officially July 7 – a perfect date to send #PeaceAndLove to everyone across the universe!
2021 found Ringo celebrating with a few friends and family with a photo call at his Peace sculpture, with the world celebrating with their wave of peace and love celebrations globally. Details about 2022 Peace and Love regional gatherings – both in person and zoom – can be found on Ringo's Facebook page, and fans have already confirmed events in Argentina, Costa Rica, Columbia, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Italy, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA.
HISTORY OF RINGO'S ANNUAL JULY 7 PEACE & LOVE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS:
2008 - Chicago, IL Hard Rock Cafe
2009 - Online campaign including in store salutes at Noon at all Hard Rock Cafes worldwide
2010 - New York City, NY: Hard Rock Cafe, Times Square
2011 - Hamburg, Germany: Hard Rock Cafe
2012 - Nashville, TN: Hard Rock Café
2013 - Online celebration including a video message from Ringo
2014 - Los Angeles, CA: Capitol Records Tower
2015 - Los Angeles, CA: Capitol Records Tower
2016 - Los Angeles, CA: Capitol Records Tower
2017 - Los Angeles, CA: Capitol Records Tower
2018 - Nice, France: Hard Rock Café
2019 - Los Angeles, CA: Capitol Records Tower
2020 - Los Angeles, CA: Virtual celebration, "Ringo's Big Birthday Show"
2021 - Los Angeles, CA: Beverly Hills Garden Park
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When the Archbishop of the Brazilian city of Manaus Leonardo Steiner kneels before Pope Francis on August 27, the Brazilian clergyman will make history as the first cardinal to come from the Amazon region.
“The communities feel that the distance between Rome and the Amazon is now smaller,” Steiner told The Associated Press in a written interview. “Perhaps this is the reason for the Amazonian people’s joy with Pope Francis’ move.”
Steiner attributed his selection to four priorities of the pope: the desire to do more missionary work in the Amazon and to be attentive to the poor; to care for the Amazon “as our common home” and to be a Church that “knows how to contribute to the autonomy of Indigenous people.”
Sprawling across nine countries, the Amazon region is larger than the European Union. It is home to 34 million people, of whom more than three million are Indigenous, belonging to around 400 ethnic groups, according to the Catholic Church.
There is a religious lens through which to see the acute environmental struggles playing out in the region as well: The Catholic Church’s socio-environmental agenda is a contentious issue with numerous Brazilian Pentecostal churches. These have a powerful caucus in Brazil’s parliament and have embraced the pro-agrobusiness beef caucus in Congress. Both Pentecostals and cattle industry advocates belong to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s political base.
Cardinals are the most senior clergy below the pope. Often called “red hats” because of the color of their skullcaps, they serve as papal advisors. More important, together they select each pope, the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics.
For observers of the church, it will come as no surprise that Francis has finally named an Amazonian cardinal, given the importance the region has had for his papacy and the attention he has shown it.
POPE FRANCIS’ ENVIRONMENTAL AWAKENING
Francis was first moved by the plight of the vast Amazon basin in 2007, during the Episcopal Council of Latin American Bishops Conference, according to the Brazilian priest and historian José Oscar Beozzo. Francis was at that time the archbishop of Buenos Aires, and helped write the official account of the conference. The final text advocates for the preservation of both the Amazon and Antarctica.
Francis then dedicated an entire synod, or meeting, of bishops from the region in 2019. In his environmental awakening, crystallized in his 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” he advocates for the preservation of the region’s biodiversity and portrays Indigenous peoples as forest guardians. In 2018, he also visited Madre de Dios, a region in the Peruvian Amazon devastated by illegal mining and logging.
The pope made Steiner archbishop of Manaus just after the Amazon synod ended, tapping a Franciscan who clearly shares the same ethos and ideology as the pope’s namesake, St. Francis. The pope may have noticed Steiner because he had a prominent position in the Brazilian bishops’ conference and was acting as its secretary-general from 2011-2019. He also has serious Roman credentials, having served as the secretary general of the Franciscans’ Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome, one of the major pontifical universities.
CATHOLIC BISHOPS FROM AMAZON REGION MEET IN ROME
The Amazon synod was also notable for the theft of three Indigenous statues featuring a naked pregnant woman, that were part of a procession in the Vatican at the start of the meeting. Conservative critics had blasted the synod’s “pagan” prayers and idolatry, and early one morning, thieves entered a Vatican-area church where the statues were displayed and tossed them into the Tiber River.
Francis publicly apologized to the Indigenous leaders present for the theft, and the statues were dredged from the river in time for the end of the meeting. One was placed prominently on display in the synod hall as the synod fathers voted on the final recommendations.
The main thief, an Austrian far-right activist Alexander Tschugguel, went on to become something of a celebrity within the traditionalist opposition to Francis because of the stunt. In the years since, the stunt itself has come to crystalize the loathing that conservatives and traditionalists have for this pope, where even crimes are justified to save the faithful from his “heresy.”
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
The Catholic Church’s relationship with the Amazon began in 1617 when Franciscan missionaries arrived in the coastal region of Belem. Their opposition to the enslavement of Indigenous peoples strained the relationship with Portuguese authorities, who expelled Catholic missionaries from the region on three occasions, last in 1759.
In the beginning, Catholic denominations required missionaries to learn Indigenous languages to work in the Amazon and spread Christianity. Jesuit priests went as far as creating Nheengatu, a language based on the Tupi Indigenous language adapted with Portuguese words and grammar. For a time it became the most common language in the Amazon and remains spoken in some regions.
For Beozzo, the historian, Pope Francis is promoting a kind of “patriarchy” in the Amazon, similar to the five patriarchies in places such as Jerusalem and Constantinople during the early Middle Ages, an effort to elevate the status of the Amazon within the Catholic structure.
The synod, the creation in 2020 of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon Region and now Steiner’s elevation are all part of Francis’ goal of placing the world’s largest rainforest center stage, Beozzo said.
“His choice begins a very important moment of considering the Amazon as a region with its own church dynamics, one which welcomes the prominence of the region’s Indigenous peoples.”
Steiner, 71, is one of 21 new Cardinals announced by Pope Francis in late May. They include Giorgio Marengo, who has been the apostolic prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Robert McElroy, bishop of San Diego and Peter Okpaleke, bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria.
Winfield reported from Rome.
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It is back to school week for hundreds of former Greenville students.
The Ross, Washington, Carver Alumni Association (RWCAA) Reunion celebrates former teachers, students, administrators, friends, and the descendants of Greenville’s historical African-American high school. The four-day event begins Thursday with the theme of “One Moment in Time.”
It has been a longer-than-usual interim for the biennial reunion, which typically draws a crowd of up to 2,000 alumni. The 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rev. Phillip M. Dukes, RWCAA president, said the origins of the reunion began in 1979.
The first reunion was held in July 1980 with graduates attending from class members dating back to 1926.
Registration for the reunion begins at 8 p.m. tonight at the Fletcher Warren Civic Center in Greenville.
A full slate of activities begin Friday, with golf, a casino tour, bowling and a visit to a museum scheduled. A talent program starts at noon, and at 9 p.m. there will be the “Around The World” dance at the Civic Center. The theme for the event is The 70s and guests are being invited to wear appropriate attire.
The reunion luncheon is at noon Saturday at the Civic Center. Guest speaker is Dr. Kristin N. Dukes, dean for Institutional Diversity at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.
A semi-formal dance is scheduled at the Civic Center starting at 9 p.m. Saturday.
The reunion celebration concludes Sunday morning with a worship service at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, with Rev. Micah D. Johnson as pastor. Minister Nikita Blakley of New Jerusalem Baptist Church will be the guest speaker.
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By Heekyong Yang
SEOUL, July 1 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co's 005380.KS unionised workers in South Korea voted for a possible strike for the first time in four years over demands for higher wages and anger that management was prioritising overseas investment.
The union, one of the biggest in the country with more than 46,000 members, said on Friday that 81.63% of its voting union members had approved strike action unless the company accept their demands.
If the union does strike, other industries could follow suit, threatening to slow South Korea's manufacturing-reliant economy, which last month saw exports grow at their slowest pace in more than 1-1/2 years.
The union is seeking a minimum basic monthly pay increase of 165,200 won ($127) and a performance pay equating to 30% of Hyundai's 2022 net profit, as soaring inflation cuts into workers' wages.
It is also demanding Hyundai invest in the country to support new businesses including urban air mobility, purpose-built vehicles and electric vehicle-related auto parts manufacturing.
"Inflation has been speeding up even after we came up with our demand, so many of us feel that our wages need to keep up with this soaring inflation," a union member at Hyundai Motor told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Negotiations between Hyundai's union and management, which started in May, stalled last month.
UNION DEMANDS
The union's demands come after Hyundai Motor Group, which houses Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp 000270.KS, announced more than $10 billion investment plans in the United States by 2025 including $5.5 billion EV and battery facilities in Georgia.
The auto group said in May it would also invest 21 trillion won ($16 billion) through 2030 to expand its EV business in South Korea.
In March, Hyundai Motor said it targets to achieve a 7% market share in the global EV market by 2030, with an annual sales target of 1.87 million vehicles.
Analysts say as the union's new leader has adopted an aggressive negotiating stance, the chances of Hyundai facing a partial strike this year could be more likely than last year, putting at risk its revenue growth just as a chips shortage used in cars is expected to ease in coming months.
"If the union decides to go on strike, Hyundai would face inevitable production output loss, when they need to ramp up production to meet strong car demand," said Cho Soo-hong, an analyst at NH Investment & Securities.
South Korea's economy was already dealt a blow in June when unionised truckers went on a nationwide strike for more than a week to protest soaring fuel costs, action that crippled ports and industrial hubs.
Annual inflation accelerated to 5.4% in May, the fastest in nearly 14 years, adding to the risk of weaker domestic demand in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Shares of Hyundai Motor closed down 0.3%, versus the benchmark KOSPI's .KS11 1.2% fall.
($1 = 1,297.2700 won)
(Reporting by Heekyong Yang, Additional reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Jon Boyle)
((Heekyong.Yang@thomsonreuters.com;))
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July 1 (UPI) -- A wildfire in Peru is threatening the iconic Incan ruins of Machu Picchu after a blaze burned 49 acres in the Andean mountains on Thursday, officials said.
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The Peruvian government said in a translated statement that the fire in the Pampacahua sector had been difficult to control on the right flank because of the winds.
Officials said they have fought the blaze for three days using a forest firefighters brigade from the National Service of Natural Protected Areas.
Machu Picchu stands nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest in Peru. It was once the Incas crown jewel of urban living at the height of their empire, with giant walls, terraces and ramps in the continuous rock escarpments some 500 years ago. | https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/07/01/Peru-Machu-Picchu-wildfire-Incas/1701656691963/ | 2022-07-01T17:06:36Z | https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/07/01/Peru-Machu-Picchu-wildfire-Incas/1701656691963/ | true | 1 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds a growing percentage of Americans calling out abortion or women’s rights as priorities for the government in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, especially among Democrats and those who support abortion access.
With midterm elections looming, President Joe Biden and Democrats will seek to capitalize on that shift.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in remarks immediately after the decision that “reproductive freedom is on the ballot in November.” But with pervasive pessimism and a myriad of crises facing the nation, it’s not clear whether the ruling will break through to motivate those voters — or just disappoint them.
“It does feel like a major setback,” said 26-year-old Lauren Nelson of San Diego, who has been worrying about the environment her young niece will grow up in. She doesn’t think the midterms will change the course that states are on. “You can’t help but feel kind of helpless, as though there’s not much that can be done.”
Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults name abortion or women’s rights in an open-ended question as one of up to five problems they want the government to work on, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That’s more than doubled since December, when an AP-NORC poll found a notable uptick in mentions of abortion from years before, likely in anticipation of the Dobbs ruling on abortion.
The new poll, which included interviews conducted before and after the Supreme Court’s ruling, finds prioritization of the issues grew sharply following the decision.
The Dobbs ruling kicks decision-making on abortion back to states, and in the last week, Republican governors and legislatures have moved to introduce or advance legislation that bans or curtails abortions.
Polling conducted before the decision showed it was unpopular with a majority of Americans, who wanted to see the court leave Roe as is. A majority of Americans support abortion access in general, though many say there should be restrictions. About a third say abortion should be legal in all cases, roughly another third legal in most cases, about a quarter illegal in most cases. About 1 in 10 say it should be illegal in all cases.
Mentions of abortion specifically are not limited to Americans who support abortion rights; instead, the poll shows abortion is named as a priority by roughly a quarter of adults with hardline opinions on both sides of the issue — those who think abortion should be legal in all cases and those who think abortion should be illegal in all cases.
Earnestine Smith, a 68-year-old resident of Waukegan, Illinois, said the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe represents progress. The issue is one of her highest priorities right now.
“We want abortion abolished and done away with,” she said. “We got to stand up and say no.”
Still, it’s significant that those with the most liberal views on abortion and those with the most conservative views are about equally likely to prioritize the issue; historically, research has shown opponents of abortion have been more likely to consider the issue important to them than those supporting abortion access.
And the new poll finds mentions of women’s rights are almost exclusively by those who think abortion should be legal.
According to the poll, the percentage of women prioritizing abortion or women’s rights was already higher in interviews conducted before the ruling than six months ago, 21% vs. 9% in December; it swelled to 37% in the days after. Mentions grew sharply among men, too, but the growth was concentrated in the wake of the ruling, from 6% in interviews conducted before to 21% after.
Lyle Gist said he wouldn’t have thought of abortion as a top priority a few years ago. The court decision to overturn Roe, though unsurprising, makes it a major issue.
“I think the ramifications of this are substantial,” said 36-year-old Gist of Los Angeles. Gist thinks that there will be ripple effects, including a “mass exodus” of people moving out of states with abortion bans.
In a small town in Louisiana in 1968, when abortion was illegal, Anne Jones carried a pregnancy to term and gave her daughter up for adoption. Jones, now 74 in Plano, Texas, worries about what the Republican Party might go after next — like birth control — and thinks it’s hypocritical that lawmakers like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott want to “hold the woman accountable for the child that she may not be able to afford to keep” even as they limit health and social services for women and children.
“Politics in Texas has taken a wrong turn,” she said. She wants to see abortion access made national law but remains skeptical that Biden and Democrats can do so.
The poll shows these issues have been increasingly important to Democrats, growing from just 3% in 2020 to 13% in 2021 and now 33%. In interviews before the ruling, 18% of Democrats mentioned abortion or women’s rights; that was 42% after.
Among Republicans, 11% identify abortion or women’s rights as a priority in the new poll, a modest increase from 5% who said that in December.
Steven Lefemine, who protests outside the Planned Parenthood in Columbia, South Carolina, called Roe’s reversal a “major benchmark” but said lawmakers needed to do much more, including pursuing a constitutional amendment to protect unborn children.
“I’d like to see legislation that lives up to God’s word,” he said.
Biden and Democrats have vowed to fight for abortion access, but they’ve struggled with how to act given crippling opposition from Republicans in a sharply divided Senate. Biden said to reporters on Thursday that he would support an exception to the filibuster rule to codify Roe into law.
Roderick Hinton, who voted for Biden, wants to see the president move on court reform, saying the court’s decisions “are not matching today’s time.” He was angry after the court overturned Roe — that the older generation is “putting the screws” to younger Americans, including his two daughters.
Biden commissioned a review of the Supreme Court after promising to do so on the campaign trail, a response to rhetoric within the Democratic Party about expanding the court following former President Donald Trump’s three conservative appointments. The report released last year exercised caution about proposals to expand the court or set term limits.
“Their lifetime position is really crazy,” Hinton said. “As neutral as the courts were, it’s now becoming political. Their personal beliefs are being put in place.”
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Associated Press/Report for America reporter Claire Savage in Chicago and AP writer Matt Sedensky in New York contributed to this report.
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The money will be used to purchase land in the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – a unique landscape with a rich network of habitats supporting tens of thousands of migrating shore birds, as well as rare mammals, plants, insects and marine life.
The harbour’s special environment is fragile and is under threat now more than at any time in its past, according to John Nelson CBE DL, the Chairman of the Chichester Harbour Trust.
On Thursday June 30, trustees, partners and supporters of the Trust celebrated 20 years of the charity with a reception at Chichester Yacht Club. The Chichester Harbour Trust now protects 13 sites with over 275 acres in the Harbour, and that portfolio is set to expand during the coming months.
Dame Susan Pyper, in one of her final engagements as HM Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex said: “It has been a great pleasure to act as Patron for such a passionate and proactive charity that is so wholeheartedly dedicated to protecting Chichester Harbour for all, and I wish it every success for the next 20 years – and beyond.”
Mr Nelson said: “We have so much to celebrate in our 20 years and have come a long way since we started out in 2002 – but we recognise the challenges that the Harbour is facing, as never before, and are fully equipped to embrace them.” He launched the new Fighting Fund campaign for the Trust, with the aspiration to raise at least £1.5m during the next year to help safeguard the future of the harbour.
“We need to increase our fire-power; a significant capital fund will put us in a much stronger position to be able to purchase land when it comes to market.”
Recognising the increasing threats to the harbour over recent years, particularly from development pressure and water quality, Trust Administrator Nicky Horter added: “The harbour’s unique environment is fragile and is under threat now more than at any time in its past. We look forward to embracing opportunities, together with our supporters and partners, to protect this special place for future generations to enjoy.”
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Officer Andrew Kondek was sworn in Thursday as an officer for the Tampa International Airport Police Department, eight years after his police officer father was killed in the line of duty.
“It’s kind of like a double-edged sword,” Kondek said. “Happy to be here, but it’s also, memories, stuff like that.”
Kondek added he was thinking about his father.
His dad, Charlie Kondek, was killed in the line of duty as a Tarpon Springs Police Officer on Dec. 21, 2014, while responding to a noise complaint.
“His dad should have been here pinning the badge on,” Tarpon Springs Chief of Police Jeff Young said. “He was here with you, your mom, and he’s looking down on you every day with pride, just like we all are at the Tarpon Springs Police Department. We love you.”
Just three years ago, Kondek was awarded a scholarship from the Tampa Bay Police Chief’s Association to attend the academy. Coincidentally, the chief who gave him the check was the same one who swore him into the force today.
“I presented him that scholarship check for him to go, and I never thought that he would come back and work here,” Tampa International Airport Police Chief Charlie Vazquez said. “I made sure we got him. It was an honor for me to sign off on his packet.”
The Tampa airport’s police force is made up of 82 sworn officers and other support staff, protecting the people who travel through the busy airport each day.
For Kondek, it was a bittersweet day beginning his law enforcement career with the memory of his father on his mind.
“Learning things about my dad and stuff like that, and how he was always trying to be there for everybody, between that and the academy and everything else, I feel like I kind of got a head start on this law enforcement career,” Kondek said. | https://www.wavy.com/news/national/fallen-officers-son-sworn-in-8-years-after-fathers-death/ | 2022-07-01T17:12:09Z | https://www.wavy.com/news/national/fallen-officers-son-sworn-in-8-years-after-fathers-death/ | true | 25 |
If she hasn't already, Kate Bush may want to send Netflix a muffin basket.
The singer has broken three world records, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, thanks to her 1985 song "Running Up That Hill" being featured on the latest season of the series "Stranger Things."
Bush now holds the records for longest time for a track to reach No.1 on the UK's official singles chart; oldest female artist to reach No.1 on the UK's official singles chart; and longest gap between No.1 spots on the UK's official singles chart.
Previous record holder Cher, who was 52 when her hit "Believe" took the top spot in 1998, took to Twitter to congratulate Bush.
"Bravo Kate, Records Are Meant 2 Be Broken!! Remember Back In The Day, When Women Had SHORT SELL BY DATES!?," Cher tweeted. "We Had 2 Fight Our Way Through The Testosterone Curtain, & We Did it So The Girls Who Came After Us Could Sing As Long As They Want To. With Mega Respect."
Bush recently posted on her site to thank Netflix and acknowledge "Stranger Things."
"It features the song, 'Running Up That Hill' which is being given a whole new lease of life by the young fans who love the show - I love it too!," she wrote. "It's all really exciting!"
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‘Love triangle’ murder, plastic surgery, and Costa Rica escape: How top cyclist’s alleged killer evaded bungling officials for seven weeks
Kaitlin Armstrong was freed by Austin police despite being a suspect in the murder of Moriah Wilson. Forty-three days later, US Marshals finally tracked her down more than 2,000 miles away in Costa Rica. Bevan Hurley examines why it took so long to find her
When Austin detectives investigating the murder of Moriah “Mo” Wilson interviewed their key suspect three days after her death, they found her to be angry and evasive.
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, “turned her head and rolled her eyes in an angry manner” when asked by detective Katy Conner on 14 May about her boyfriend Colin Strickland spending time with Ms Wilson on the day of her murder 72 hours earlier, according to a police affidavit.
Austin police called Ms Armstrong in for questioning after they discovered that real estate agent and part-time yoga instructor had an open misdemeanour warrant on a theft of services charge.
She was shown video surveillance of her black Jeep Cherokee outside the house where Ms Wilson had been shot dead. Police say she was “still and guarded”, and eventually nodded at the suggestion that “maybe you were upset and just in the area”.
During the interview, detectives learned that the arrest warrant was not valid and they couldn’t hold her.
“Armstrong then requested to leave so the interview was ended,” the affidavit stated.
Authorities would not set eyes on Ms Armstrong again for another 43 days, when she was arrested on Wednesday at Don Jon’s Surf and Yoga Hostel in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, by agents assigned to the seaside resort town’s tourist police division.
Though the manhunt has come to a close, questions remain about how Ms Armstrong managed to evade capture for nearly seven weeks, seemingly several steps ahead of the law enforcement agencies trying to track her down.
‘Another type of lifestyle’
The day after her 14 May police interview, Ms Armstrong sold her Jeep Grand Cherokee to a dealership for $12,200 before flying from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Houston Hobby and then taking a connecting Southwest flight to LaGuardia in New York.
An arrest warrant was issued for her on 17 May, and the next day she turned up at Newark Airport in New Jersey. Authorities did not see her boarding an outbound flight.
Brandon Filla, Deputy US Marshal Western District of Texas, told The Independent agents later tracked Ms Armstrong to Costa Rica after learning she had obtained a valid US passport in another person’s name and checking flight records.
They tipped off authorities in the Central American country, who began combing likely tourist hangouts for any sign of the fugitive.
They eventually caught up with her at Don Jon’s, a $17-a-night hostel and yoga retreat in the popular surf resort of Santa Teresa, 170 miles (275kms) west of the capital San Jose on the Nicoya Peninsula.
Ms Armstrong reportedly gave police an alias, which did not show up when traced the name through the country’s immigration service. She then provided her real surname, which officers matched to her international arrest warrant.
She had cut and dyed her hair in an effort to change her appearance, and had a bandage on her nose.
A staff member at Don Jon’s confirmed to The Independent Ms Armstrong had been staying there at the time of her arrest.
“She looked much different than her older photos,” a person who claimed to be with Ms Armstrong when she was arrested commented on an online forum.
“She did have a bandage on the nose she told me was a surf accident. I was about to ask how exactly it happened because if a surf board did that to her nose she should be dead in the water. I think she had surgery done.”
Sources also told Velonews Ms Armstrong had undergone plastic surgery.
Video footage obtained by local news outlet Teletica shows Ms Armstrong being led through a prison after her arrest, her back turned to the camera.
Ms Armstrong had been “trying to set up another type of lifestyle” in the town, Mr Filla told The Independent.
When asked if anyone else would be facing charges for helping Ms Armstrong, Mr Filla said: “Now that we have her we will evaluate and look into other things. If we have strong facts or evidence that present themselves we’ll forward that on to the relevant authorities.”
A spokesman for the Austin Police Department told The Independent they could not comment on their handling of the investigation and referred enquiries to the US Marshals.
Had authorities checked Ms Armstrong’s social media accounts at the time she was questioned, they would have learned that she was an experienced global traveller. Her Linkedin page shows says she spent time in Bali, Indonesia, teaching yoga.
Ms Armstrong’s sister Christie wrote about a trip the sisters had taken to Europe in 2018 in a post to Instagram.
“I’m still adjusting to not having Kaitlin Armstrong, who has been like a personal assistant to me and all of us - checking flights, hotels and doing all of the things. She’s seriously such a gem, and I don’t know what I’m going to do without her.”
‘Laid-back surf town’
In a Costa Rica travelogue last summer, New York Magazine described Santa Teresa as a "laid-back surf town" where beachfront hotels offer morning yoga classes and surfing at sunset.
“The laid-back town of Santa Teresa has blossomed into a booming travel destination and is recognized as a world-class surfing spot, yet many people just come to enjoy Playa Santa Teresa,” GoVisitCostaRica writes.
Announcing her arrest, US Marshal for the Western District of Texas Susan Pamerleau said they had elevated the investigation to major case status early on, which likely played a key role in her capture.
She will now face deportation to the US, where she will be charged with first-degree murder and could be liable for the death penalty.
In a statement after her arrest, Ms Wilson’s family said: “We’re relieved to know this phase of uncertainty is now behind us, and we trust that justice will prevail.”
An ‘on-again, off-again relationship’
Ms Wilson, 25, from Vermont, was an ace downhill skier as a teenager before converting to gravel bike racing in her 20s.
A month before her death, Ms Wilson beat 30 of the top gravel racing cyclists in the United States to claim the Fuego 80k at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterrey, California.
Ms Wilson followed up that victory with a win at the Belgian Waffle Ride in San Diego on 30 April, and arrived in Austin on 10 May as the favourite to win the Gravel Locos in Hico, a few days later.
She was staying at her friend Caitlin Cash’s apartment in Maple Avenue, east Austin, and on 11 May arranged to meet fellow pro-cyclist Colin Strickland, who according to a police affidavit she had been romantically involved with.
The pair went swimming at the Deep Eddy Pool public aquatic centre in Austin before going for a meal at nearby Pool Burger, Mr Strickland, 35, told investigators. He dropped Ms Wilson off at her friend’s home at around 8.30pm.
One minute later, a neighbour’s surveillance camera captured Ms Armstong’s Cherokee outside the address.
Later that night Ms Wilson was found bleeding and unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds by the friend she was staying with. Despite attempts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a police affidavit, Mr Strickland told detectives in a 12 May interview that Ms Armstrong had returned to their home in her SUV around 9.20pm.
Mr Strickland said he struck up a relationship with Ms Wilson in October 2021 when he and Ms Armstrong were on a brief hiatus. Texts between he and Ms Wilson showed that she was under the impression they were still dating.
According to the affidavit, a friend called police on 14 May to say that Ms Armtrong had learned of the “on again, off again” relationship in January.
Another caller, identified by the pseudonym Jane to shield her identity from Ms Armstong, said she “became furious and was shaking in anger” and stated that she wanted to kill Ms Wilson.
She began calling Ms Wilson and ordering her to stay away from her boyfriend, according to the affidavit.
In an interview with police, Mr Strickland said around that time he purchased 9mm handguns for himself and Ms Armstrong.
During his police interview, Mr Strickland spoke in glowing terms about Ms Wilson’s prospects as a pro-cyclist, describing her as the best gravel cyclist in the United States, and possibly the world.
He was not nearly as flattering about his girlfriend Ms Armstrong, also a “competitive” cyclist, telling officers he had asked her not to ride with him because she “holds him back”.
Mr Strickland, 35, told The Sun last month that the police affidavit impliying he was still romantically involved with Ms Wilson was “skewed”.
Mr Strickland admitted dating Ms Wilson in October 2021 during a break from his relationship with Ms Armtrong, adding that she was also seeing other men at the time.
But he insisted that since then his friendship with Ms Wilson had been “strictly platonic” since then.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, continuing a dismal streak as markets worry about high inflation and the possibility that higher interest rates could bring on a recession.
The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 12:18 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 97 points, or 0.3%, to 30,679 and the Nasdaq fell 0.4%.
The market is mired in a deep slump. The S&P 500 on Thursday closed out its worst quarter since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020 and its performance in the first half of 2022 was the worst since the first six months of 1970.
The benchmark index has been in a bear market since last month, meaning an extended decline of 20% or more from its most recent peak. It's now down 21% from the peak it set at the beginning of this year.
The latest slip precedes a long holiday weekend. Financial markets in the U.S. will be closed on Monday for Independence Day.
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Bond yields fell significantly. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which helps set mortgage rates, fell to 2.88% from 2.97% last Thursday. The yield on the 2-year Treasury slipped to 2.82% from 2.92%.
Wall Street remains concerned about the risk of a recession as economic growth slows and the Federal Reserve aggressively hikes interest rates. The Fed is raising rates to purposefully slow economic growth to help cool inflation, but could potentially go too far and bring on a recession.
Economic data over the last few weeks has shown that inflation remains hot and the economy is slowing. The latter has raised hopes on Wall Street that the Fed will eventually ease off its aggressive push to raise rates, which have been weighing on stocks, especially pricier sectors like technology. Analysts don't expect much of a rally for stocks until there are solid signs that inflation is cooling.
The latest economic update on Friday for the manufacturing sector shows a continued slowdown in growth in June that was sharper than economists expected. On Thursday, a report showed that a measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Fed rose 6.3% in May from a year earlier, unchanged from its level in April.
Earlier this week, a worrisome report showed that consumer confidence slipped to its lowest level in 16 months. The government has also reported that the U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter and weak consumer spending was a key part of that contraction.
Kohl's dove 20.6% after the department store's potential sale fell apart amid the shaky retail environment as consumers lose confidence and cut spending. Kohl’s had entered exclusive talks with Franchise Group, the owner of Vitamin Shop and other retail outlets, for a deal that was potentially worth about $8 billion.
Technology stocks were among the biggest losers. Chipmaker Micron shed 5.6% after giving investors a disappointing profit forecast amid concerns about falling demand. That weighed heavily on other chipmakers. Nvidia fell 3.8%.
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Rep. Liz Cheney faces off against Trump-endorsed challenger in Wyoming GOP primary debate
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., defended her work on the Jan. 6 Committee and her criticism of former President Donald Trump in a debate Thursday against her Republican primary challengers, including Trump's pick to unseat her.
Cheney faces a handful of challengers in Wyoming's August primary, but Trump-endorsed attorney Harriet Hageman is the biggest threat to unseat the three-term incumbent.
Trump has set a target on Cheney’s back as he tries to establish absolute fealty to him within the Republican party.
Cheney has been among the few Republicans to openly defy Trump. She was one of 10 Republicans who voted for his impeachment after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, and she serves as vice chair of the committee investigating the attack.
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The debate, broadcast by Wyoming PBS, largely focused on Cheney's position on the House Jan. 6 committee and Trump’s claims of election fraud.
Hageman tiptoed around Trump’s baseless claims of fraud but has openly cast doubt on the 2020 election, saying there were “serious questions” about the election.
She cited the “2000 Mules” film – discredited by independent fact-checkers – that alleges Democrats illegally stuffed ballot boxes to rig the election. Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who authorized the Department of Justice to investigate voter fraud, said he was “unimpressed” with the film.
Aware of Trump’s backing, Cheney singled out Hageman’s endorsement.
“I’d be interested to know whether or not my opponent, Ms. Hageman, is willing to say here tonight that the election was not stolen,” said Cheney. “She knows it wasn’t stolen. I think she can’t say that it wasn’t stolen because she’s completely beholden to Donald Trump.”
Hageman, like Trump, has downplayed the Capitol attack and the Jan. 6 committee for “focusing on something that happened 18 months ago.” She said Cheney’s work on the committee has left her out of touch with Wyoming voters.
“The only time that the (Jan. 6) situation ever comes up is when people talk about how unfair this entire committee is,” said Hageman, calling the committee “unfair.”
Cheney accused Hageman of failing her oath to the Constitution, and saidthe Republican party is “now embracing a cult of personality. I won’t be part of that. I’ll always stand to my oath and stand for the truth.”
Cheney also compared Hageman to Trump’s former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who has peddled unproven and debunked conspiracy theories related to the 2020 election.
“I also know that the truth matters. And the claims that Ms. Hageman is making about the 2020 election are the same claims that the President’s lead lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was disbarred,” said Cheney. “It is not true that there was sufficient fraud to change the results of the 2020 election.”
“Now if Ms. Hageman is standing up here claiming that the election was stolen or that there was fraud sufficient to overturn the election, she ought to say it,” continued Cheney. “Otherwise she needs to stop making claims that are not true and she ought to tell the people of Wyoming the truth.”
Other candidates on the debate stage were businesswoman Robin Belinsky, Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, and Army veteran Denton Knapp.
All three echoed Hageman's downplaying the Jan. 6 Committee and disputing the 2020 election.
Referring to the Capitol attack, Belinsky said Jan. 6 "happened a while ago" and "was a set-up from the beginning for the election situation." Knapp pointed to alleged "voting machines suspected of fraud." And Bouchard said the election was unfairly influenced by "all the major internets." | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/01/wyoming-gop-primary-debate-cheney/7787442001/ | 2022-07-01T17:20:08Z | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/01/wyoming-gop-primary-debate-cheney/7787442001/ | false | 1 |
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This Saturday Smith Mountain Lake’s longest-running fireworks show is set to return to Parkway Marina after a two-year hiatus. The SML Fireworks and Fire Company Fundraiser benefiting Saunders Volunteer Fire Department is expected to bring big crowds eager to get an early start on celebrating Independence Day.
“It’s going to be just like past years,” said Darrell White, presidents of Saunders Volunteer Fire Department’s board of directors. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with the live music set to start at 5 p.m. Fireworks are scheduled for just after dark which should be around 9:45 p.m.
White admitted there will be a few differences to the show this year. The Tate Tuck Band will be performing at this year’s event, following several years of The Worx being the main act. White said food vendors at this year’s event may also be a bit different.
When setting up for this year’s fireworks show, White found that several food vendors who participated in past years are no longer around due to the hardships of not having events due to the pandemic. “So many of those are gone now,” he said. “They are out of business.”
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The cost for this year’s event is $10 per person with free admission to those 12-years-old and under.
White said a large crowd is expected with so many people eager to see the show’s return. Several vacationers to the lake plan their visit around the fireworks show, he said.
Having the event on a Saturday is also expected to bring a bigger crowd. White said he estimates between 3,000 and 4,000 people should attend. That number doesn’t even account for the large number of people who come and watch the show by boat.
“We should have a really good crowd,” White said.
On Sunday, the second of the lake’s big fireworks shows is set to take place at Mitchell’s Point Marina. The long running event raises money for the Semper Fi Fund and Operation Command.
Both are nonprofit that benefit veterans in need, which is something Mitchell’s Point Marina co-owner and veteran Jeff Prowse is a major advocate for. He recently worked with the two nonprofits to make handicap renovations to the home of a former colonel in need who couldn’t afford the repairs himself. The total cost for the remodel was $60,000, all paid by the nonprofits.
While there is no charge to attend the fireworks show, Prowse said a donation to either of the two funds is strongly encouraged. He said any donations he receives will go 75% to the Semper Fi Fund and 25% to Operation Command, but he encourages visitors to donate directly at thefund.org and operationcommand.org.
Prowse said things will be going on at the marina starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Games such as cornhole and other activities will be ongoing throughout the day.
Large crowds are also expect Sunday for the event. Prowse said parking may be difficult at the marina. Visitors may have to park a long distance from the show, but he will have staff in golf carts ready to pick anyone up. Those parking away from the show can call 484-3980 and 875-9096 to request a ride in a golf cart.
Fireworks are expected to take place around 10 p.m. Prowse said he works to make the fireworks show bigger every year.
“I told people I was going to make it bigger every year until the cops show up,” Prowse said. “Now it is big enough that I have to ask cops to attend.”
One of the lake’s other major fireworks shows, the annual event at Downtown Moneta has been canceled for a third year. Moneta Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jeremiah Calhoun said the fireworks show would not be held this year due to scheduling issues. He said the fireworks show would return next year on July 1. | https://thefranklinnewspost.com/news/local/fireworks-shows-set-for-this-weekend-at-sml/article_8542eaaa-f3cf-11ec-a6ea-5766f6645276.html | 2022-07-01T17:27:14Z | https://thefranklinnewspost.com/news/local/fireworks-shows-set-for-this-weekend-at-sml/article_8542eaaa-f3cf-11ec-a6ea-5766f6645276.html | false | 1 |
ATLANTA, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees (the "Board") of each of Invesco High Income Trust II and Invesco Senior Income Trust (each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") today declared the following dividends:
The Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Invesco Senior Income Trust (NYSE: VVR) (the "Fund") approved an increase in the monthly distribution amount payable to common shareholders pursuant to the Fund's Managed Distribution Plan (the "Plan"). Effective April 1, 2022, the Fund will pay its monthly dividend to common shareholders at a stated fixed monthly distribution amount of $0.026 per share, an increase from a stated fixed monthly distribution amount of $0.021 per share.
Effective August 1, 2018, the Board of Invesco High Income Trust II (NYSE: VLT) approved a Managed Distribution Plan (the "VLT Plan") for the Fund, whereby the Fund increased its monthly dividend to common shareholders to a stated fixed monthly distribution amount based on a distribution rate of 8.5 percent of the closing market price per share as of August 1, 2018, the date the VLT Plan became effective. The VVR Plan and the VLT Plan are collectively referred to herein as the "Plans."
The Plans are intended to provide shareholders with a consistent, but not guaranteed, periodic cash payment from each Fund, regardless of when or whether income is earned, or capital gains are realized. The Plans may have the effect of narrowing the discount between each Fund's market price and the net asset value ("NAV") of each Fund's common shares, but there is no assurance that the Plans will be effective in this regard.
1 A portion of this distribution is estimated to be from a return of principal rather than net income. The 19(a) Notice referenced below provides more information and can be found on the Invesco website at www.invesco.com
If a Fund's investment income is not sufficient to cover the Fund's intended monthly distribution, the Fund will distribute long-term capital gains and/or return of capital in order to maintain its managed distribution level under its Plan. A Fund may at times distribute more than its income and net realized gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may result in a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that shareholders invested in a Fund is paid back to them. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect a Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income." No conclusions should be drawn about a Fund's investment performance from the amount of the Fund's distributions or from the terms of its Plan.
In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and an exemptive order granted to the Funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission, each Fund will provide its shareholders of record on each distribution date with a 19(a) Notice and issue an accompanying press release disclosing the sources of its dividend payment when a distribution includes anything other than net investment income.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in 19(a) Notices are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its full fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Each Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. Information on the Funds' 19(a) Notices can be found at www.invesco.com.
The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
The Plans will be subject to periodic review by each Fund's Board, and a Fund's Board may terminate or amend the terms of its Plan at any time without prior notice to the Fund's shareholders. The amendment or termination of a Fund's Plan could have an adverse effect on the market price of such Fund's common shares.
The amount of dividends paid by the Funds may vary from time to time. Past amounts of dividends are no guarantee of future dividend payment amounts.
Investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any investment in the Trust.
For additional information, shareholders of the closed end fund may call Invesco at 800-983-0903.
About Invesco Ltd.
Invesco Ltd. is a global independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. Our distinctive investment teams deliver a comprehensive range of active, passive, and alternative investment capabilities. With offices in more than 20 countries, Invesco managed $1.5 trillion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide as of March 31, 2022. For more information, visit www.invesco.com.
Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd. It is an indirect, wholly owned, subsidiary of Invesco Ltd.
Note: There is no assurance that a closed-end fund will achieve its investment objective. Shares are bought on the secondary market and may trade at a discount or premium to NAV. Regular brokerage commissions apply.
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Nicole Kidman started her career on the couch with two famous Aussies
Nicole Kidman, who is also now the mother of Aquaman featured in the sequel, posts a sweet thank you to husband Keith Urban on Instagram. They have been married for 16 years and Keith is the family man she wanted in her life. In the photo, they each light a candle in the church during their wedding. Do you know that Nicole is from Australia and Keith from New Zealand? So the two below. And that they know the power of helping each other?
Nicole Kidman with her slender looks has been an American celebrity for so long that we forget she was once an immigrant to America. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia would like to highlight this part with an interview recently published in The Daily Mail.
Australian help
For example, Nicole says she has been helped enormously by other Australian colleagues. Around 1980, Australian actors formed a band in Hollywood and helped each other audition. She even regularly slept on the couch with Hugh Jackman and Deborah-Lee Furness. A hotel was way too expensive. Deborah-Lee has been close friends with Nicole for years.
Nicole says:Auditioning in Hollywood for a few weeks for all kinds of movies, then going back to Australia and hopefully you get a part. And after a while, you started again for a few weeks. It’s good that you have less expense, because you’re sleeping on someone’s couch.†
thunder days
Here’s How Her Relationship With Tom Cruise Started Through The Movie thunder days with Tom knocking on Hugh and Deborah-Lee’s front door. Hugh and Deborah-Lee also took care of her after her divorce from Tom Cruise.
†Around my divorce, Hugh and Deborah were instrumental in my healing process,” Nicole told Australian Women’s Weekly.†
For years, you see Nicole Kidman at parties with this couple nearby. She also starred in the film with Hugh Jackman Australia† Australian immigrants at least help each other in such a difficult world as Hollywood. And it’s so nice!
Keith Urban, in turn, often says that he would not have had this personal development without Nicole. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have two daughters together. You can find the photo of Nicole and Keith’s wedding ceremony on Instagram and below
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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascent Resources, LLC (together with its subsidiaries, "Ascent" or the "Company") announced today that it has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with an undisclosed seller to acquire all of its assets in the Utica Shale in Ohio for a total purchase price of $270 million, subject to customary closing purchase price adjustments. Ascent intends to fund the transaction with a combination of cash on hand and borrowings under its revolving credit facility ("Credit Facility"). The Company has also entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicate of banks to extend the maturity of the Credit Facility to June 2027 while increasing the borrowing base and elected commitment amount to $3.0 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively. The Credit Facility will be governed by the lessor of the borrowing base and the elected commitment amount.
The acquisition expands Ascent's asset base in the Ohio Utica Shale play by ~26,800 net acres and increases net production by approximately 60 mmcfe/d. The Company already holds working interests in a material portion of the acquired production and, as such, is very familiar with the acquired acreage. In addition, the acquisition comes with a substantial inventory of identified drilling locations in both the Utica and Marcellus which we expect to add high margin cash flow in the future. The acquisition requires no incremental overhead or external financing and is immediately accretive to Adjusted Free Cash Flow and corporate returns. Consistent with past practice, the Company has hedged a significant portion of the expected production from the asset to capture the strong economics and returns offered in the current market.
Jeff Fisher, Ascent's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are excited to announce these strategic transactions as they highlight both our operational and financial execution. Through the acquisition we have added high quality acreage and production in the core of the Utica Shale at an attractive valuation, while also picking up prospective locations in the Marcellus. This transaction is immediately accretive to our financial metrics and returns while adding high-quality undeveloped inventory to our portfolio. The extension and increase of our credit facility provides the business with additional access to capital to execute on our long-term returns based strategy."
About Ascent Resources:
Ascent is one of the largest private producers of natural gas in the United States and is focused on acquiring, developing, producing, and operating natural gas and oil properties located in the Utica Shale in southern Ohio. With a continued focus on good corporate citizenship, Ascent is committed to delivering low-cost clean-burning energy to our country and the world, while reducing environmental impacts. For more information, visit www.ascentresources.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the transaction. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in this press release. These statements are made as of the date of this press release and Ascent undertakes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Contact:
Chris Benton
Director – Finance and Investor Relations
405-252-7850
chris.benton@ascentresources.com
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By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's most consequential term in decades, with blockbuster rulings on abortion, guns, religion and climate change policy, illustrated how its expanded conservative majority is willing to boldly use its power with far-reaching impacts on American society.
Democratic President Joe Biden's appointment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, sworn in on Thursday to replace retiring fellow liberal Justice Stephen Breyer on Thursday, does not change the court's ideological balance, with a 6-3 conservative majority.
The majority's assertiveness could continue in a number of major cases in the court's next term, which begins in October.
Here is a look at what the court did in its latest term, which ended on Thursday, and where it is headed.
ABORTION AND PERSONAL FREEDOM
In the June 24 abortion ruling, the court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized the procedure nationwide, giving conservative activists a long-awaited victory. The court returned abortion regulation to the states. The decision immediately led to conservative-leaning states seeking to enforce total bans and other abortion restrictions that had previously been blocked by lower courts.
Some conservatives would like to go further and ban abortion nationwide, either through an act of Congress or via a Supreme Court decision, although it remains to be seen if the justices would be receptive to such an approach.
Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas caused alarm on the left by writing in his concurring opinion that the court should consider overturning other precedents going back decades protecting individual freedoms including gay marriage, same-sex intimacy and access to birth control. It is unclear if other justices would sign on to such a move.
GUNS
In another landmark ruling expanding gun rights, the court on June 23 found that the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to carry a handgun in public.
The ruling, which invalidated New York's limits on that practice as a violation of the Constitution's Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms," will have the biggest impact in states and localities with stricter gun control measures in place.
Legal scholars predict that other gun restrictions will fall given that the ruling also declared that, going forward, lower courts must assess the constitutionality of gun restrictions by comparing them to those traditionally adopted throughout U.S. history.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FEDERAL REGULATION
The Supreme Court on Thursday curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a ruling that limits federal agency power.
The decision, a blow to the Biden administration's aggressive plan to curb carbon emissions, has broad implications because the court invoked what it calls the "major questions" doctrine, which holds that agency actions of nationwide importance require explicit authorization from Congress. Business groups challenging regulations are now likely to bring up the doctrine in court challenges while judges have latitude to interpret what constitutes a major question.
RELIGION
The court in a series of recent rulings further chipped away at the wall separating church and state, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular religion.
In all the cases, including a June 27 decision in favor of a public high school football coach who led prayers on the field with players after games, the court ruled against government officials whose policies and actions were taken to avoid violating the Constitution's First Amendment prohibition on governmental endorsement of religion - known as the "establishment clause."
The court has opened the door to further litigation on the extent to which government employees, including public school teachers, can express their religious views at work, while also making it easier for religious entities to participate in taxpayer-funded programs.
RACE
Among the cases the court already has taken up for its next term are two that give its conservative bloc an opportunity to end college and university policies considering race in admissions to achieve more student diversity.
Conservatives have long complained about affirmative action policies used by many colleges and universities to increase their numbers of Black and Hispanic students.
The court will also hear a dispute over the legality of decades-old federal requirements that give Native American families priority to adopt Native American children, which challengers argue discriminates against non-Native Americans.
ELECTIONS
The Supreme Court has in recent years made it harder for courts to second guess the actions of politicians in crafting voting rules and electoral boundaries.
On Thursday, the justices agreed to hear in their next term a Republican-backed appeal from North Carolina that could give state legislatures even more power over federal elections by limiting the ability of state courts to review their actions. The case could have broad implications for the 2024 elections and beyond.
According to legal experts, insulating legislatures from pushback by state courts or even governors could impact who wins contested elections and make it harder to challenge voting restrictions including those enacted by Republican legislators in a number of states in the wake of former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread voting fraud in his 2020 loss to Biden.
Another case the court will hear in its next term could further weaken the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act enacted to protect Black and other minority voters. The case involves a dispute over Republican-drawn U.S. House of Representatives districts in Alabama.
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Pfizer (PFE) Seeks FDA Nod for Its Oral Antiviral COVID Pill
Pfizer PFE announced that it had submitted a new drug application (“NDA”) to the FDA seeking approval for an oral antiviral pill for COVID-19, Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets).
The NDA seeks approval for Paxlovid for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients at the risk of developing further complications from COVID-19.
The NDA filing is based on positive top-line data from the phase II/III EPIC-HR study, which demonstrated that Paxlovid significantly reduced hospitalization and death in high-risk non-hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19. The study showed an 88% reduction in risk compared with placebo in patients treated within five days of symptom onset with Paxlovid.
Even though the EPIC-SR study failed to achieve its primary endpoint of self-reported, sustained alleviation of all symptoms for four consecutive days, Pfizer submitted the same with the NDA.
The EPIC-SR data will support the EPIC-HR study data, which evaluated Paxlovid in high-risk patients for developing severe COVID-19 infection.
Pfizer shares’ have declined 9.8% compared with the industry’s return of 6.4% in the year-to-date period.
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Paxlovid is FDA authorized for emergency use to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms in adults and pediatric patients (12 years and older and weighing at least 40 kg) at increased risk of hospitalizations or death.
In the first quarter of 2022, Pfizer generated $1.5 billion in global sales from Paxlovid. In full-year 2022, Pfizer expects to generate $22 billion in revenues from Paxlovid.
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However, Pfizer faces stiff competition from other major players in the market, such as Gilead Sciences GILD and Merck MRK.
In 2020, Gilead’s COVID treatment, investigational antiviral Veklury (remdesivir), received FDA authorization for emergency use in adults and pediatric patients with severe-to-moderate COVID-19.
Veklury received a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) approval from the FDA for treating pediatric patients older than 28 days, weighing at least 3 kg and either hospitalized with COVID-19 or have mild-to-moderate COVID-19. and are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.
This follows the recent sNDA approval for Veklury to treat non-hospitalized adult and adolescent patients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19.
In the last reported quarter, Veklury sales reached $1.5 billion, up 5% year over year, driven by higher demand. For full-year 2022, Veklury sales are anticipated at around $2 billion.
Similarly, Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ oral antiviral pill, Lagevrio (molnupiravir) received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for treating high-risk adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 from the FDA in December 2021.
In the first quarter of 2022, Lagevrio generated sales of $3.25 billion, primarily from supply to the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan. Lagevrio is expected to generate $5 billion to $5.5 billion in revenues in 2022.
Zacks Rank & A Stock to Consider
Pfizer currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the same sector are Aridis Pharmaceuticals ARDS, carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Aridis Pharmaceuticals’ loss per share estimates for 2022 have narrowed from $1.78 to 34 cents in the past 30 days. The same for 2023 has narrowed from 75 cents to 60 cents in the same time frame. Shares of ARDS have plunged 52.7% in the year-to-date period.
Earnings of Aridis missed estimates in two of the trailing four quarters and beat the same on the remaining two occasions, the average negative surprise being 75.16%.
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Scientist develops TB rapid testing kit
What you need to know:
- The current TB testing technologies take one to two to give results and are not efficient in detecting low levels of infection before a patient is sick, according to health experts. The technologies also require electricity to operate.
A scientist at Makerere University has developed a rapid diagnostic test kit for tuberculosis (TB) that can give results in five minutes.
The current TB testing technologies take one to two to give results and are not efficient in detecting low levels of infection before a patient is sick, according to health experts. The technologies also require electricity to operate.
In an interview with Daily Monitor yesterday, Dr Misaki Wayengera, the developer of the kit, said it is the next generation of TB diagnostic technology aimed at predicting the infectious agent that causes the disease well before it becomes plenty in the body to cause sickness.
Up to 240 Ugandans are infected with TB every day. Of these, 30 die, according to the Ministry of Health statistics.
“The kit is being validated by the TB laboratory in Mulago. It is the Deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] replication predictive tests. It is the first [of its kind in the country]. You have to wait for the related data on performance,” Dr Misaki said.
He added: “It works like HIV [rapid diagnostic] test kit. It can detect the bug directly or detect antibodies produced by the host against the bug. It uses blood, sputum, saliva, and body fluid.”
With this kit, a sample (blood or sputum) is placed at the end of the testing stick and a chemical called a buffer is added to facilitate the testing process.
The buffer causes the antibodies in the blood to flow along the test kit’s stick. When they pass over the section with the antigens, if there are any antibodies for TB present then they will stick to these antigens and change colour.
If there is one strip it means it is a negative result, the person doesn’t have TB but if there are two stripes then it means it’s a positive result. If there are no stripes it means the test did not work properly.
Dr Misaki said the kit, which was developed through government funding, will be sold at less than $1 (Shs3,769) to increase access to testing services for a more effective fight against TB.
Currently, the cost of testing for TB ranges from $3 (Shs11,308) to $25 (Shs18,847).
The validation involves assessing how accurately the kit can detect TB. After this, the kit will be taken for approval by the National Drug Authority (NDA).
When asked about the procedure that one follows to approve a diagnostic kit in Uganda, Dr David Nahamya, the secretary to NDA, said he would get back to us. He had not yet done so by press time.
The country has a World Health Organisation accredited local manufacturing facility run by Prof Vinand Nantulya, Astel Diagnostics Limited which manufactures rapid diagnostic testing kits.
About the developer
Dr Misaki Wayengera also developed the Ebola testing kit which is being validated in South Africa.
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MECKLENBURG CO., N.C. — Mecklenburg County homeowners struggling with the rising cost of living can now apply for assistance through the HOMES program.
HOMES (Helping Out Mecklenburg’s homeowners with Economic Support) offers qualifying county residents an economic assistance grant up to $340, that helps reduce the cost of annual homeownership.
Officials say grant funds will be paid to the Mecklenburg County Tax Collector, who will reduce the total amount of taxes due for qualifying recipient’s primary residence.
There is no age requirement to participate in the program, and the home does not have to be paid off, according to a news release.
Officials say to be eligible for a HOMES grant, Mecklenburg County homeowners must have lived in their home for at least the last three years, have no more than one delinquent property tax bill in the last three years, and meet a qualifying total household income level.
A full list of eligibility requirements can be found here.
“The HOMES program is now available for qualified homeowners,” said Yulonda Griffin, Department of Community Resources Director. “We want to see as many people as possible get the help they need this year.”
Officials say new applicants and previous grant recipients are encouraged to complete the easy, one-page application and submit online, by mail or email.
Applications and verifications MUST be submitted and/or postmarked by November 18th, 2022.
Click here to download an application and for more information.
Applications can also be emailed to 4homes@mecknc.gov.
All printed/paper copies must be mailed to the Department of Community Resources at 3205 Freedom Drive, Suite 1000, Charlotte, N.C. 28208.
Please visit www.mecknc.gov/4HOMES to confirm eligibility and to download an application in English or Spanish. Applications can be mailed or downloaded and emailed to 4homes@mecknc.gov. Applications may also be submitted online.
Applicants may pick up paper applications at the Department of Community Resources or the County Assessor’s Office, both at 3205 Freedom Drive, or request by phone at (980) 314-HOME (4663). All printed/paper applications must be mailed to the Department of Community Resources, 3205 Freedom Drive, Suite 1000, Charlotte, NC 28208.
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Ubisoft is taking a proactive stance on climate change by looking to bring in-game modes to Riders Republic to highlight some of the natural disasters that are becoming all the more common across the world.
Revealed in a blog post, Ubisoft has said that the live event won't be announced proactively, rather it will just start in the game, and players will see the sky coloured a deep orange as fire and smoke begins to encapsulate the map. It'll be the duty of the players to then use an equippable gas mask to traverse the unbreathable air, and aid in putting out the fires that are threatening the Sequoia forests of the Republic.
The post does also note that there will be a special reskin of the social hub for the event, and that the live event itself will be "short and intense". As for how the actual gameplay side of the event will work, Ubisoft has said. | https://www.gamereactor.eu/riders-republic-event-aims-to-highlight-climate-change-1107863/ | 2022-07-01T17:39:23Z | https://www.gamereactor.eu/riders-republic-event-aims-to-highlight-climate-change-1107863/ | false | null |
INDIANA, Pa., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&T Bancorp, Inc. (S&T) (NASDAQ: STBA), the holding company for S&T Bank with operations in five markets including Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania, Northeast Ohio, Central Ohio and Upstate New York, announced today that a conference call detailing the company's second quarter 2022 earnings will be held live over the Internet at 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Christopher J. McComish, chief executive officer, David G. Antolik, president, and Mark Kochvar, chief financial officer, will conduct the conference call. The public is invited to listen.
S&T Bancorp, Inc. intends to release its second quarter earnings before the market opens on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
PERTINENT USER INFORMATION:
To access the webcast, go to S&T Bancorp's webpage at the address listed above and click on "Events & Presentations." Select "2nd Quarter 2022 Conference Call" and follow the instructions. After the live presentation, the webcast will be archived on this website for at least 90 days. A replay of the call will also be available until July 28, 2022, by dialing 1.877.481.4010; the Conference ID is 45770.
Prior to the webcast, please email questions to investor.relations@stbank.com. Also, participants who log into the conference call will have an opportunity to email their questions directly from the webpage beginning at 12:55 p.m. ET until the conclusion of the presentation.
The S&T Bancorp, Inc. Second Quarter Earnings Press Release can be accessed on Thursday,
July 21, 2022 at www.stbancorp.com. Click on "Press Releases."
S&T Bancorp, Inc. is a $9.4 billion bank holding company that is headquartered in Indiana, Pennsylvania and trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol STBA. Its principal subsidiary, S&T Bank was established in 1902 and operates in five markets including Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania, Northeast Ohio, Central Ohio and Upstate New York. S&T Bank recently received the highest ranking in customer satisfaction for retail banking in the Pennsylvania region by J.D. Power. For more information visit stbancorp.com or stbank.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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MONACO, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit, held under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, brought together dignitaries of the world's leading families this week to discuss how to invest for a better future.
Global leaders, entrepreneurs, prestigious family offices, private investors, Sheikhs, royal families, and leading businesses from 55+ countries representing more than $4.5 trillion convened with a powerful sense of purpose. The closed-door event's theme "Connecting Minds & Investing for a Better Future" featured discussion and debate regarding how to make our world a better place. Previous Summits have raised $2.8US billion in investments for leading global start-ups, entrepreneurs, funds, and philanthropic endeavors and early indications are that the Monaco event will be a similar great success.
"Global family offices are committed to investing for the greater good of mankind and believe that those who wield economic power must do everything within their power to serve as a pioneering global forum for action. I'm incredibly grateful that the Summit was held under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and deeply appreciate H.R.H. Prince Michel de Yougoslavie, H.R.H. Prince AbdulAziz Bin Faisal AlSaud, and our Summit Chairman - Markus Lehner, as well as every member of our "family of family offices," and all the entrepreneurs who attended and contributed thought leadership insights," said Sir Anthony Ritossa, Chairman of Ritossa Family Office & Host of Ritossa Global Family Office Investment Summits, UAE.
"It is an honour and a pleasure to be the 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit Grand Ambassador in Monaco. I have taken part in many events in the past years and have always been amazed at the quality of the participants and at the wealth of information that was circulated," said H.R.H. Prince Michel de Yougoslavie, Grandson of King Umberto of Italy and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Monaco.
"Recent times have changed everyone's life faster than ever before because our world has changed from one moment to another. Sir Anthony is guiding his family office conferences best through these times, and that's why they are the world's No 1. summits in all aspects. Therefore, I was even more delighted to serve again as the Chairman of the 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit in Monaco," said Markus Lehner, Chairman of the 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit, Principal of the Markus Lehner Organisation, and Founder of Lehner Investments, Monaco.
Key discussion points at the Summit included:
Monaco's Unique Economy with a Focus on its World-Famous Financial Marketplace
Under the expert leadership of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, Monaco is thriving as an international financial marketplace with strong credit dynamics, new regulations for residency, and an efficient platform for estate planning. Among its advantages are its lack of debt, balanced budget, favorable tax structures, popularity for entrepreneurs, strong private banks, and support of family offices.
Fighting our Climate Crisis, Today
As part of the quest to make the world a better place and an ocean that's part of the planet we call home, there are new commercially viable processes for the cultivation of micro algae for biofuels and related carbon credits. Its goal is to make net-zero emissions goals a reality and it has the partnerships in place to drive change at a rapid pace.
Family Office Investor Insights
When investing in today's dynamic environment, attendees agreed that it's important to be able to navigate the political climate. We are deep into a geopolitical recession which will last longer than an economic recession. Although we are on an unavoidable path, there are significant investment opportunities that hold the promise of outsized future returns, including areas such as technology. Additionally, infrastructure is a hedge against inflation, Being nimble is essential since markets have a short memory and what is happening now is what matters.
Investment Strategies in the Web 3.0 Era
The time now to invest in the next generation of cryptocurrency and its long-term benefits are evident across many industries, including real estate, gaming, healthcare, among others. The combined valuation of cryptocurrencies has reached US$3.2T but many coins are volatile and are not backed by assets. Unicoin is a next generation of cryptocurrency that is dividend paying and asset backed. Blockchain is equalizing the world in that it can be used to help humanity. Ultimately, finance is about trust.
Legacy & Socially Responsible Investing
Family offices must align their investments with their values. Investing in impactful start-ups that help improve lives is important as is taking into consideration the United Nations Sustainability Goals. We all have choices to make and possess the ability to have a positive impact at some level. Projects related to water desalinization, renewable energy, sustainable housing, and climate change are examples where investment dollars have a needed impact.
AI & Machine Learning
The U.S. leads China in areas such as enterprise software but China remains ahead in speech recognition and industrial robots. A cornerstone of artificial intelligence is the fact that the more intelligent you are the better you can make decisions. AI can write rules that represent the truth. AI makes life easier and facilitates humanity. It is faster and enables us to identify the best way to do things across industries – at fraction of a second.
Family Offices – The Eternal Flame
Challenges may arise when family members do not see eye-to-eye yet certain truths remain the same throughout the years. Human capital lasts over generations and education is critical. We must give the next generation responsibility and let them earn and build wealth independently. Leading family offices stress the importance of investing in education for the next generation. Ambition, leadership, governance, and discipline are critical to success. It's important to be flexible, take a long-term view, understand what you're investing in, have a vision, and invest in great founders dedicated to building their business.
How Champions, Invest Like Champions
An Ultra Exclusive Fireside Chat entitled "How Champions, Invest Like Champions" featured racing legends Mika Hakkinen (The Flying Finn), a 2-Time F1 Champion from Finland; Juan Pablo Montoya (JPM), a F1 Legend from Colombia; and Sebastian Montoya, a Rising Star, FREC from Colombia. Among the areas in which they're investing are the metaverse, online gaming, and cryptocurrency. In all aspects of life, they embrace the concept of teamwork, looking at the world in new ways, learning, and understanding. Importantly, F1 is seeking to make next generation drivers carbon neutral.
Spotlight on Iconic Global Family Office Investors & Co-Investments
Leading families believe in following smart investors and view relationships as important. Focus areas for investment include biotech, fintech, space, India-only, logistics, funds such as activist strategies, and secondaries. Patience is key, a long-term horizon is advisable, and innovative thinking is a trademark of a great manager. Because family offices have on-the-ground, local knowledge, they are valuable in terms of presenting opportunities. It's best to seek partnerships with those you have synergy with and who have skin in the game as an investor. Trust is a Number One priority.
Increased Giving for a Better Tomorrow
Trends include family offices' tireless generosity in challenging times, increased sophistication, and the next generation leading the way. Areas of giving include children, healthcare, women's empowerment, sustainable economy, economic development, education, refugee support, and foster homes. Families agree that philanthropy is a privilege and not an obligation. We must be careful to use philanthropy to create a better community. While historically there was separation between business and philanthropy, we no longer need to make a choice as the two intersect. Today, it is possible to be economically profitable while making a difference.
For more details on upcoming invitation-only Global Family Office Investment Summits, please visit www.RitossaFamilySummits.com
Media Contact:
Charlotte Luer
+1-239-404-6785
charlotte@ritossafamilyoffice.com
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The parents of an 18-month-old who died of a fentanyl overdose have been arrested and charged with Child Abuse Knowingly/Recklessly Resulting in Death, a Class Two Felony.
On Nov. 12, 2021, the Colorado Springs Police Department's Crimes Against Children Unit received notice of Cairo Jak Astacio's death.
An investigation revealed that Cairo died of a fentanyl overdose at home and that the child's parents, 36-year-old Joenny Astacio and 29-year-old Kira Villalba were both under the influence of fentanyl at the time.
Officials say a search of the residence found drug paraphernalia along with illegal narcotics.
Detectives continued to work in this investigation and on June 10, 2022, Crimes Against Children Unit Detectives were granted arrest warrants for Astacio and Villalba and they were charged with Child Abuse Knowingly/Recklessly Resulting in Death, a Class Two Felony.
Astacio and Villalba were taken into custody without incident.
“I am saddened by the tragic loss of one of the youngest members of our community to the fentanyl epidemic," said Chief Adrian Vasquez. "The loss of Cairo Astacio is exactly why we continue to do our part in fighting this devastating drug, despite legislative efforts that reduce our ability to hold accountable those who possess and sell fentanyl within our community.”
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at (719) 444-7000.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477.
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The 4th of July weekend is typically celebrated by big cookouts and larger-than-life firework shows.
News5 wants to know, what is your favorite 4th of July food?
We're following this survey throughout the day and into tomorrow. Tune in to News5 at 4 p.m. as we review the results!
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MONACO, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit, held under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, brought together dignitaries of the world's leading families this week to discuss how to invest for a better future.
Global leaders, entrepreneurs, prestigious family offices, private investors, Sheikhs, royal families, and leading businesses from 55+ countries representing more than $4.5 trillion convened with a powerful sense of purpose. The closed-door event's theme "Connecting Minds & Investing for a Better Future" featured discussion and debate regarding how to make our world a better place. Previous Summits have raised $2.8US billion in investments for leading global start-ups, entrepreneurs, funds, and philanthropic endeavors and early indications are that the Monaco event will be a similar great success.
"Global family offices are committed to investing for the greater good of mankind and believe that those who wield economic power must do everything within their power to serve as a pioneering global forum for action. I'm incredibly grateful that the Summit was held under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and deeply appreciate H.R.H. Prince Michel de Yougoslavie, H.R.H. Prince AbdulAziz Bin Faisal AlSaud, and our Summit Chairman - Markus Lehner, as well as every member of our "family of family offices," and all the entrepreneurs who attended and contributed thought leadership insights," said Sir Anthony Ritossa, Chairman of Ritossa Family Office & Host of Ritossa Global Family Office Investment Summits, UAE.
"It is an honour and a pleasure to be the 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit Grand Ambassador in Monaco. I have taken part in many events in the past years and have always been amazed at the quality of the participants and at the wealth of information that was circulated," said H.R.H. Prince Michel de Yougoslavie, Grandson of King Umberto of Italy and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Monaco.
"Recent times have changed everyone's life faster than ever before because our world has changed from one moment to another. Sir Anthony is guiding his family office conferences best through these times, and that's why they are the world's No 1. summits in all aspects. Therefore, I was even more delighted to serve again as the Chairman of the 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit in Monaco," said Markus Lehner, Chairman of the 19th Ritossa Family Office Investment Summit, Principal of the Markus Lehner Organisation, and Founder of Lehner Investments, Monaco.
Key discussion points at the Summit included:
Monaco's Unique Economy with a Focus on its World-Famous Financial Marketplace
Under the expert leadership of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, Monaco is thriving as an international financial marketplace with strong credit dynamics, new regulations for residency, and an efficient platform for estate planning. Among its advantages are its lack of debt, balanced budget, favorable tax structures, popularity for entrepreneurs, strong private banks, and support of family offices.
Fighting our Climate Crisis, Today
As part of the quest to make the world a better place and an ocean that's part of the planet we call home, there are new commercially viable processes for the cultivation of micro algae for biofuels and related carbon credits. Its goal is to make net-zero emissions goals a reality and it has the partnerships in place to drive change at a rapid pace.
Family Office Investor Insights
When investing in today's dynamic environment, attendees agreed that it's important to be able to navigate the political climate. We are deep into a geopolitical recession which will last longer than an economic recession. Although we are on an unavoidable path, there are significant investment opportunities that hold the promise of outsized future returns, including areas such as technology. Additionally, infrastructure is a hedge against inflation, Being nimble is essential since markets have a short memory and what is happening now is what matters.
Investment Strategies in the Web 3.0 Era
The time now to invest in the next generation of cryptocurrency and its long-term benefits are evident across many industries, including real estate, gaming, healthcare, among others. The combined valuation of cryptocurrencies has reached US$3.2T but many coins are volatile and are not backed by assets. Unicoin is a next generation of cryptocurrency that is dividend paying and asset backed. Blockchain is equalizing the world in that it can be used to help humanity. Ultimately, finance is about trust.
Legacy & Socially Responsible Investing
Family offices must align their investments with their values. Investing in impactful start-ups that help improve lives is important as is taking into consideration the United Nations Sustainability Goals. We all have choices to make and possess the ability to have a positive impact at some level. Projects related to water desalinization, renewable energy, sustainable housing, and climate change are examples where investment dollars have a needed impact.
AI & Machine Learning
The U.S. leads China in areas such as enterprise software but China remains ahead in speech recognition and industrial robots. A cornerstone of artificial intelligence is the fact that the more intelligent you are the better you can make decisions. AI can write rules that represent the truth. AI makes life easier and facilitates humanity. It is faster and enables us to identify the best way to do things across industries – at fraction of a second.
Family Offices – The Eternal Flame
Challenges may arise when family members do not see eye-to-eye yet certain truths remain the same throughout the years. Human capital lasts over generations and education is critical. We must give the next generation responsibility and let them earn and build wealth independently. Leading family offices stress the importance of investing in education for the next generation. Ambition, leadership, governance, and discipline are critical to success. It's important to be flexible, take a long-term view, understand what you're investing in, have a vision, and invest in great founders dedicated to building their business.
How Champions, Invest Like Champions
An Ultra Exclusive Fireside Chat entitled "How Champions, Invest Like Champions" featured racing legends Mika Hakkinen (The Flying Finn), a 2-Time F1 Champion from Finland; Juan Pablo Montoya (JPM), a F1 Legend from Colombia; and Sebastian Montoya, a Rising Star, FREC from Colombia. Among the areas in which they're investing are the metaverse, online gaming, and cryptocurrency. In all aspects of life, they embrace the concept of teamwork, looking at the world in new ways, learning, and understanding. Importantly, F1 is seeking to make next generation drivers carbon neutral.
Spotlight on Iconic Global Family Office Investors & Co-Investments
Leading families believe in following smart investors and view relationships as important. Focus areas for investment include biotech, fintech, space, India-only, logistics, funds such as activist strategies, and secondaries. Patience is key, a long-term horizon is advisable, and innovative thinking is a trademark of a great manager. Because family offices have on-the-ground, local knowledge, they are valuable in terms of presenting opportunities. It's best to seek partnerships with those you have synergy with and who have skin in the game as an investor. Trust is a Number One priority.
Increased Giving for a Better Tomorrow
Trends include family offices' tireless generosity in challenging times, increased sophistication, and the next generation leading the way. Areas of giving include children, healthcare, women's empowerment, sustainable economy, economic development, education, refugee support, and foster homes. Families agree that philanthropy is a privilege and not an obligation. We must be careful to use philanthropy to create a better community. While historically there was separation between business and philanthropy, we no longer need to make a choice as the two intersect. Today, it is possible to be economically profitable while making a difference.
For more details on upcoming invitation-only Global Family Office Investment Summits, please visit www.RitossaFamilySummits.com
Media Contact:
Charlotte Luer
+1-239-404-6785
charlotte@ritossafamilyoffice.com
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COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead in Colleton County.
Deputies with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a location off Feather Bed Road around 8:00 a.m. on Friday after receiving a 9-1-1 call stating a woman was found in her vehicle not breathing.
“Deputies located the woman inside the vehicle deceased from apparent gunshot wounds,” officials said.
No additional details were provided. The incident is under investigation.
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POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on residential areas killed at least 21 people early Friday near the Ukrainian port of Odesa, authorities reported, a day after the withdrawal of Moscow’s forces from an island in the Black Sea had seemed to ease the threat to the city.
Video of the attack before daybreak showed the charred ruins of buildings in the small town of Serhiivka, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Odesa. The Ukrainian president’s office said warplanes fired three missiles that struck an apartment building and a campsite.
Ukrainian authorities interpreted the attack as payback for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Snake Island a day earlier, though Moscow portrayed their departure as a “goodwill gesture” to help unblock exports of grain.
Russian forces took control of the island in the opening days of the war in the apparent hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa, Ukraine’s biggest port and the headquarters of its navy.
“The occupiers cannot win on the battlefield, so they resort to vile killing of civilians,” said Ivan Bakanov, head of Ukraine’s security service, the SBU. “After the enemy was dislodged from Snake Island, he decided to respond with the cynical shelling of civilian targets.”
Large numbers of civilians were killed in Russian bombardments earlier in the war, including at a hospital, a theater used as a shelter, and a train station. Until this week, mass casualties involving residents appeared to become less frequent as Moscow concentrated on capturing eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Russian missiles struck the Kyiv region last weekend after weeks of relative calm around the capital, and an airstrike Monday on a shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk killed at least 19 people.
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy expressed outrage over Friday’s attack.
“These missiles, Kh-22, were designed to destroy aircraft carriers and other large warships, and the Russian army used them against an ordinary nine-story building with ordinary civilian people,” he said.
Twenty-one people were killed, including children, said Serhii Bratchuk, a spokesman for the regional administration. Thirty-eight others, including six children and a pregnant woman, were reported hospitalized. Most of the victims were in the apartment building, Ukrainian emergency officials said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that Moscow is not targeting residential areas.
Oleh Zhdanov, an independent Ukrainian military analyst, said the Russian pullback from Snake Island bears “colossal psychological significance” for Ukraine.
“Snake Island is key for controlling the Black Sea and could help cover the Russian attack if the Kremlin opted for an amphibious landing operation in Odesa or elsewhere in the region,” he said. “Now those plans are pushed back.”
Ukraine’s military claimed a barrage of its artillery and missiles forced the Russians to flee the island in two small speedboats. The exact number of troops withdrawn was not disclosed.
Early in the war, the island became a symbol of Ukrainian defiance. When a Russian warship demanded that its defenders surrender, they supposedly replied: “Go (expletive) yourself.”
Zelenskyy said that although the pullout did not guarantee the Black Sea region’s safety, it would “significantly limit” Russian activities there.
In eastern Ukraine, Russian forces kept up their push to encircle the city of Lysychansk, the last stronghold of resistance in Luhansk, one of two provinces that make up the Donbas.
“The shelling of the city is very intensive,” Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai said. “The occupiers are destroying one house after another with heavy artillery and other weapons. Residents of Lysychansk are hiding in basements almost round the clock.”
Haidai said the Russians were fighting for control of an oil refinery on the city’s edge. But Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian and separatist forces had taken control of the refinery as well as a mine and a gelatin factory.
Ukraine’s presidential office said Russian strikes in the past 24 hours also killed civilians in eastern Ukraine — four in the northeastern Kharkiv region and another four in Donetsk province.
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Juan Toscano-Anderson’s time with the Warriors has officially come to an end.
Toscano-Anderson agreed to a deal with the Lakers less than two hours after free agency opened Thursday afternoon, Yahoo Sports reported.
The news comes one day after Golden State decided not to extend a qualifying offer to the Oakland native before the deadline to do so, paving the way for Toscano-Anderson to be a free agent.
Toscano-Anderson, a lifelong Warriors fan who grew up going to games at Oracle Arena, went undrafted out of Marquette and played in various international leagues, including stops in Mexico and Venezuela, before he joined the G League’s Santa Cruz Warriors after a local tryout.
Toscano-Anderson donned the No. 95 in honor of his East Oakland upbringing, which included living on 95th Avenue.
Toscano-Anderson emerged as an effective role player while on a two-way contract for most of the 2020-21 season. The Warriors converted his two-way deal into a full-time contract on May 13, 2021 with a 2021-22 roster spot guaranteed — a moment that sparked an emotional phone call with his mother.
In the 2021-22 title-winning season, Toscano-Anderson’s role decreased as the season went along, from being an active member of the rotation early to only playing in end-of-quarter defensive possessions or in garbage time by the playoffs. He averaged 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in 73 games this season.
In other free agency news, free agent center JaVale McGee reached an agreement with the Dallas Mavericks on a three-year, $20 million deal, according to Yahoo Sports.
McGee revitalized his career with the Warriors and won two of his three NBA titles in the Bay Area. He drew interest from multiple teams, according to Yahoo Sports, after a stellar season with the Suns, averaging 9.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game while primarily coming off the bench.
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The EU ambassador to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms Samuela Isopi, unveiled the project at the 8th EU-Nigeria Business Forum tagged: “Nigeria and the New Economy” on Friday, in Lagos.
EU inaugurates €1.3bn Nigeria green economy project
The European Union (EU) has inaugurated the ‘Team Europe Initiative (TEI) Nigeria Green Economy’ project aimed at stimulating sustainable climate-smart agriculture and renewable energy for economic growth and diversification.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members of the TEI Green Economy Project are: Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
According to the ambassador, the TEI Green Economy consists of 60 projects of different nature to be executed across the agricultural and energy sectors by 2027 and is valued at 1.3 billion Euros.
Isopi said the project was aimed at improving the competitive advantage of Nigeria’s agriculture and energy sectors, with emphasis on access to clean and renewable energy as well as job creation, skills and capacity development.
She added that the project was a result of collaborative efforts with the EU and member states, private and public sectors and the development financial institutions.
She assured continued support for the Nigerian government in the implementation of its economic diversification policies and new partnerships with the private sector.
“In line with the EU’s Green Deal, the Green Economy Initiative will support the Nigerian government’s efforts to diversify the economy by combining support to enhance access to renewable energy for productive uses and boosting the development of the agricultural sector.
“Collectively, the actions will help Nigeria attain the SDGs and put the country on a sustainable development path.
“The initiative will offer support in areas of expertise and strong European contribution such as climate-smart agriculture, technological and digital solutions, vocational training, employment and entrepreneurship creation as well as access to sustainable energy,” she said.
She said the TEI would forge new partnerships with member states interested in supporting Nigeria’s circular economy efforts.
Ms Inga Stefanowicz, EU Team Leader, Green and Digital Economy in Nigeria, said the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Development Financial Institutions would assist various players in the value-chains in the agricultural and energy sectors.
“By combining EIB’s investment facilities with the European Development Finance Institutions and EU member states, the flagship initiative will create space for EU trade and investment while generating job opportunities for Nigeria’s youth.
“In agriculture, support will be provided to promote and increase climate-smart agricultural production and value-added creation in selected value chains to address food insecurity, increase agricultural exports, tackle skills gaps and create jobs.
“The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and state institutions will be supported in the delivery of its mandate, and in particular, development of agricultural education, integrating ICT and technical and vocational education and training,” she said.
Stefanowicz added that field interventions would concentrate on creating positive spillover effects through the value chains including smallholder farmers, aggregators, processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, transporters and retailers.
She said interventions in the energy sector would include capacity building, policy dialogue and advisory services with the ministry of power and its agencies, in developing an enabling policy environment, and adoption and implementation of measures.
“They will concentrate on effective delivery of the Ministry’s mandate including the Paris Agreement Commitment, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) targets as well as the development of new energy access business models with the private sector."
She added that the team would work with the Federal and State governments to address obstacles to ease of doing business and investment.
Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, lauded the initiative, adding that the agricultural sector had the largest potential to diversify the economy and provide the broad-based growth necessary for development as a “new growth engine.”
Abubakar, who was represented by Dr Emmanuel Olaleye, Director, Agri-Business and Market Development, said the agricultural sector was essential to job creation, securing food supply, lowering inflation and expanding foreign exchange earnings.
He said the Federal Government would continue to prioritise activities in the agriculture sector through targeted policies to attract investments, in line with the diversification drive and achieving food security.
According to the minister, some of the policies include the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation policy, National Agricultural Resilience Framework (NARF, 2014), Agricultural Promotion Policy, (APP, 2016-2020), and National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP, 2019-2025), among others.
He also emphasised the need for farmers and investors to tap into opportunities of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for the country to become Africa’s largest producer of crops like Maize, Rice, and Soybeans.
“The ministry has identified what needs to be done to achieve this by promoting the use of a better variety of seeds that are high yielding, disease-resistant, and adaptive quality.
“We also seek to promote mechanised production through the Green Imperative that is government-enabled but private-sector driven that will reduce human effort and enhance productivity while removing drudgery in the farming operation and strengthen value chain linkages.
“Others include increasing investments in commodity exchanges; aggregation and backward/forward integration; supporting agricultural research and development; and reducing the risks associated with farming by de-risking agricultural productivity,” he said.
He solicited the support of the EU and the EU countries to assist with capacity building for Nigeria and its companies to prepare proposals to access the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
“EU companies and their Nigerian counterparts should take advantage of available GCF to attract Green Projects to Nigeria.
“Execution of green projects will contribute to the reduction in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions as envisaged in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) strategy,” he said.
Markus Wauschkuhn, Germany’s Cluster Coordinator for Sustainable development projects in Nigeria, said Germany would continue to contribute to Nigeria’s competitive advantage through the Nigerian Competitiveness Project.
According to him, the project focuses on improving Nigeria’s export potential in the area of ginger, tomatoes, chili, leather and garment and other resources to Europe.
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Chase Investment Counsel Corp cut its holdings in Eaton Co. plc (NYSE:ETN – Get Rating) by 50.4% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 15,358 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 15,608 shares during the quarter. Chase Investment Counsel Corp’s holdings in Eaton were worth $2,330,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Arlington Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Eaton in the fourth quarter valued at about $31,000. Baldwin Brothers LLC MA grew its stake in shares of Eaton by 63.0% in the first quarter. Baldwin Brothers LLC MA now owns 220 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Eaton in the fourth quarter valued at about $35,000. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC acquired a new stake in Eaton during the fourth quarter worth about $42,000. Finally, Cassady Schiller Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Eaton during the fourth quarter worth about $45,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.10% of the company’s stock.
A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Eaton from $180.00 to $170.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, May 31st. Credit Suisse Group reduced their price target on shares of Eaton from $187.00 to $179.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 4th. Barclays downgraded shares of Eaton from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $120.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday, May 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on shares of Eaton from $176.00 to $175.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 14th. Finally, Mizuho reduced their price target on shares of Eaton from $195.00 to $185.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Eaton presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $167.73.
Eaton stock traded up $0.29 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $126.28. 12,477 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,106,056. The company has a quick ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. Eaton Co. plc has a 12 month low of $123.69 and a 12 month high of $175.72. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $138.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $150.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $50.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.78, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.16.
Eaton (NYSE:ETN – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 3rd. The industrial products company reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.02. Eaton had a net margin of 11.21% and a return on equity of 16.92%. The firm had revenue of $4.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.78 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.44 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Eaton Co. plc will post 7.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 13th were issued a dividend of $0.81 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 12th. This represents a $3.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.57%. Eaton’s payout ratio is 58.59%.
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Eaton Corporation plc operates as a power management company worldwide. The company's Electrical Americas and Electrical Global segment provides electrical components, industrial components, power distribution and assemblies, residential products, single and three phase power quality and connectivity products, wiring devices, circuit protection products, utility power distribution products, power reliability equipment, and services, as well as hazardous duty electrical equipment, emergency lighting, fire detection, explosion-proof instrumentation, and structural support systems.
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Six tons of basic necessities and medical supplies, shipped from Italy and made available to the local population by Doctors with Africa CUAMM, were officially handed over to the local authorities and the VRB association in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, on Thursday, June 23. An “indispensable gift” – points out the NGO – to help thousands of internally displaced persons who reached this area of the country, less severely affected by the conflict, but in need of everything – food, personal hygiene detergents, hospital healthcare and a house to live in, CUAMM states in a note. The shipment departed from Brindisi in early June and was stored in Siret, in Romania’s Suceava district, before reaching Chernivtsi. It comprises medical kits (surgical, post-traumatic, and for the treatment of non-communicable diseases) as well as humanitarian relief items (including tents, blankets, tent stoves, hygiene kits, and jerry can water containers), made available by the Italian Cooperation Agency. Beneficiaries are mostly internally displaced persons residing in Chernivtsi and hospitals in 13 of 24 oblasts (regions) in the country.
“Over the years, our story as CUAMM has led us to carry out our activities for the most vulnerable and fragile in Africa, close to those most direly affected, such as women and children. Thus we could not turn our backs on our neighbours, the Ukrainian people, who are undergoing such hardships today”, points out Fr Dante Carraro, director of Doctors with Africa CUAMM.
“Doctors with Africa CUAMM launched an assistance initiative in support of the attacked country, Ukraine, and in Moldova, where we are helping Ukrainian refugees,” Andrea Atzori, international relations officer at Doctors with Africa CUAMM, recently returned to Italy from his mission in Ukraine, told SIR. In the country invaded by the Russians, he clarifies,
“our intervention focuses on two priorities: the first is the provision of essential medicines, in short supply due to the war, disposable materials, drugs for chronic diseases, and all that hospitals need to run in a severe humanitarian crisis situation.”
The second area of intervention is
“support to internally displaced persons. We set up a logistics centre in the city of Chernivtsi,
normally with a population of around 200,000, but with over 350,000 today, as many people who fled from war-torn regions arrived in this relatively calmer part of the country. The city houses schools in public buildings and in various facilities. The assistance we provide to these people ranges from food parcels, which complement what they receive from the government, to psycho-social support.” In Ukraine, CUAMM operates in partnership with a local association called VRB (Volunteers of Bukovina) based in Chernivtsi: “We are helping them, we built a storage warehouse, and ship the supplies to the city of Chernivtsi. With its volunteers and its vans, the association delivers the items to all hospitals that request them throughout most parts of Ukraine. In this context, in addition to what we were able to provide thanks to various projects, a donation was made by the General Directorate for Development Cooperation (DGCS) of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to CUAMM via the humanitarian hub in Brindisi.” The shipments of relief supplies from Brindisi to Chernivtsi were thus donated to the VRB association and to the local authorities of the Chernivtsi region.
“The humanitarian cargo included medicines, surgical supplies, disposable items, materials for personal care such as kitchen kits, hygiene kits, and tents with winter kits should the fighting continue and people cannot be cared for otherwise,” says Atzori.
The head of international relations at Doctors with Africa CUAMM clarifies: “Ukraine is one of many emergency areas covered by CUAMM and also by myself, extending from Ukraine to Ethiopia, with the difficult situation in Tigray, to Mozambique with Cabo Delgado, and to southern Angola, suffering from famine caused by drought. We are involved in various humanitarian interventions, and our modus operandi in Ukraine is no different from the way we have been working in past emergencies, including, for example, for the Covid crisis. In fact, this shipment from Brindisi to Chernivtsi is but our umpteenth shipment. We delivered humanitarian aid from Brindisi to South Sudan, Ethiopia and Mozambique over the past 18 months.”
“We hope to continue providing this humanitarian aid in Ukraine in the coming months – he adds. “We are currently organizing a large shipment of medicines thanks to the contribution of the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund ( UHF), which is a United Nations fund, and we are planning to send a shipment of food supplies from private donations in the coming weeks.
However, “our mission in Moldova has a different purpose. It’s a country with its own fragilities, it’s not Europe, it has poverty pockets. In this case
intervention is designed to assist refugees fleeing Ukraine.
Assistance is provided through the dispatch of doctors, two every 15 days”. Atzori explains. “These doctors visit the various refugee housing facilities, offering medical examinations and, if necessary, prescriptions and basic medicines. We refer the most serious patients to Moldova’s national health system. The first intervention is carried out with CUAMM resources and volunteers.”
The second intervention in Moldova, which “we expect to start in August in partnership with Unicef”, is “a response to a request from the Moldovan Ministry of Health. It consists in the training of Moldovan healthcare workers in emergency situations.
As they have little experience working in emergency settings and have such a large number of refugees, they asked us to provide refresher training programs for hospital staff on how to manage large influxes of patients, as well as training linked to epidemic and disaster management, not just war-related disasters”, says the head of International Relations at Doctors with Africa CUAMM. “The health issues of refugees in Moldova,” Atzori clarifies, “are mostly due to chronic diseases. Most of the refugees are women, children, and elderly persons, many of whom have chronic health conditions as we do (hypertension or other diseases or more serious cases).
Our doctors visit the refugees, examine their clinical history and prescribe the necessary medication. Many people fled in the first weeks of the war, and did not take with them their medicines and their medical records, so we need to retrace their medical history and readjust their treatment according to the pathology.
Psychological support is a second area of intervention that we would like to address, although it’s a greater challenge because Ukrainians are somewhat prejudiced against psychological treatment.” “We noted that they have deep traumas,” Atzori points out. “Women and children have fled, but men below 60 were forced to stay and fight. A large number of elderly people have had to leave their homes and they have no idea whether they will ever return.
They suffered a serious psychological impact and trauma, but we are dealing with this gradually because we are experiencing reluctance to open up and process these traumas.
Some of our staff speak Ukrainian in the two countries and act as mediators and facilitators.”
Atzori concludes: “This humanitarian intervention is by no means the only such intervention carried out by CUAMM. Rather, it complements a range of humanitarian interventions we are currently carrying out in Africa. Especially now
there is a sad thread linking the Ukrainian wheat crisis to the hunger crisis in Africa. For us, intervening in Ukraine also means intervening in Africa,
it means resuming connections and activities we thought we would never have to set up in Europe, but which unfortunately we must continue carrying out in the hope that the war will soon be over.” | https://www.agensir.it/europa/2022/07/01/doctors-with-africa-cuamm-atzori-we-provide-assistance-to-displaced-persons-and-hospitals-in-ukraine-and-to-refugees-in-moldova/ | 2022-07-01T18:03:28Z | https://www.agensir.it/europa/2022/07/01/doctors-with-africa-cuamm-atzori-we-provide-assistance-to-displaced-persons-and-hospitals-in-ukraine-and-to-refugees-in-moldova/ | false | 1 |
The motion, proposed by council leader Coun Jason Zadrozny (Ash Ind), will call on the Government to do more to help with rising poverty in the Ashfield district.
The Ashfield Independent-run council, will further ask the district’s two Conservative MPs – Hucknall’s Mark Spencer and Ashfield’s Lee Anderson – to lobby Government to do more to help.
Ashfield will be one of the first councils in the country and the first in Nottinghamshire to declare a cost of living emergency.
It follows latest figures that show nearly one in three children in the dstrict are now claiming free school meals.
Councillors have also cited rising pensioner poverty with Ashfield OAPs seeing £373 cut from their pensions amid rising shopping, fuel, energy and National Insurance costs, coupled with inflation going up.
Coun Zadrozny said: "Residents in Ashfield have never had it as bad.
"Thousands of residents are going hungry and struggling to make ends meet.
"I receive emails and messages every day from desperate residents asking for help.
"Food bank usage is at its highest and yet Government help has been minimal
"There are simple things that the Government can do.
"They can bring back the £20 universal credit weekly uplift, re-introduce the pensions ‘triple lock’ guarantee and immediately reduce the standard rate of VAT from 20 per cent to 17.5 per cent.
"We want Ashfield’s Tory MPs to take a message back to the Government that we need urgent action now.”
Coun Christian Chapman (Ash Ind), who will second the motion on July 7, added: “The cost of living is the biggest single issue facing residents in Ashfield.
"Our Conservative MPs have voted for policy after policy that makes Ashfield residents poorer.
"We are now asking them to join our fight to do what’s right.
"Inflation rising means a rise in food and clothing prices.
"By reducing VAT, the Government would be sending a clear message that they’re dealing with abject poverty.”
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A statue of Melbourne Cup-winning horse Kiwi is on track to be installed in Waverley, South Taranaki, this year.
Trained by Waverley's Snow Lupton, Kiwi won the Melbourne Cup on November 1, 1983, and won the Wellington Cup the same year, a feat that has not been repeated before or since.
A life-size plasticine mould of Kiwi, with jockey Jim Cassidy on its back in full flight, was donated to Waverley by New Plymouth artist, the late Fridtjof Hanson.
South Taranaki District Council communications manager Gerard Langford said the committee in charge of completing the statue was allocated $155,000 from Waverley's masterplan arts grant to cover the cost of bronzing the statue.
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Advertise with NZME.Brian Rook, who heads the statue committee, said the mould was being bronzed at Heavy Metals in Lower Hutt.
Langford said the bronzing was scheduled to be completed by April or May, but there had been delays in the process. The jockey and half of the horse had been bronzed so far.
Rook said the statue would be ready to be transported back to Waverley by late July at the earliest.
The statue committee has been community fundraising for additional elements, not covered by the council grant, needed for the completion of the statue.
"We've got a substantial foundation ... that's had to be engineered and built to specifications and everything and that was about $17,000," Rook said.
Once the bronzing had been completed, the foundation for the statue would need to sit for two to three weeks to cure before the 1.5-tonne statue was placed on it.
As lighting, security cameras and landscaping were also needed for the statue, Rook said the committee needed to raise about $30,000 to $35,000 through community fundraising.
He estimated they had so far raised about $20,000 through a Melbourne Cup day put on at a local horse trainer's, and a community quiz night on July 1, with 21 teams of six registered to take part.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South Africa paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last week met her father, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family said on Friday.
The lawyer, Tania Koen, said Pistorius took part in a process known as victim-offender dialogue - an integral part of South Africa's restorative justice programme that brings parties affected by a crime together in a bid to achieve closure.
"(I can) confirm Barry Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius participated in a victim-offender dialogue on 22 June 2022," Koen said in a statement.
She said she would make no further comment due to her clients' privacy.
The department of correctional services said earlier that Oscar Pistorius was transferred back to Atteridgeville prison near the capital Pretoria, from St Albans Correctional Centre in the Eastern Cape near where Steenkamp's parents live.
He had been moved closer to her family late last year.
Pistorius, known as "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, went from public hero to convicted murderer in a trial that drew worldwide interest. He becomes eligible for parole after serving half of his 13-year sentence.
Singabakho Nxumalo, a spokesman for the department of correctional services, said in a statement Pistorius will continue serving his sentence as participating in the victim-offender dialogue does not equate to an end of sentence nor parole.
Gold medalist Pistorius, once the darling of the Paralympic movement for pushing for greater recognition and acceptance of disabled athletes, shot dead Steenkamp, a model and law student, in his bathroom in 2013.
Pistorius said he had believed she was an intruder but was jailed in 2016, initially for a six-year term. After an appeal by prosecutors who said this was too lenient, the term was increased to 13 years.
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Eastern Bank cut its stake in shares of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI – Get Rating) by 4.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 137,814 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 5,696 shares during the quarter. Eastern Bank’s holdings in Darden Restaurants were worth $18,322,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Darden Restaurants by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 8,652,000 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $1,303,338,000 after acquiring an additional 126,957 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Darden Restaurants by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,513,669 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $830,579,000 after buying an additional 171,741 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Darden Restaurants by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,339,848 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $351,518,000 after buying an additional 18,371 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its position in shares of Darden Restaurants by 41.2% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 1,426,520 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $214,886,000 after buying an additional 416,048 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Darden Restaurants by 5.3% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,217,275 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $183,371,000 after buying an additional 61,537 shares during the period. 90.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
NYSE DRI traded up $0.14 during trading on Friday, hitting $113.26. 15,149 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,306,815. The company has a current ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $122.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $133.01. The company has a market capitalization of $14.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.29, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.32. Darden Restaurants, Inc. has a 12 month low of $110.96 and a 12 month high of $164.28.
Darden Restaurants declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, June 23rd that allows the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the restaurant operator to purchase up to 6.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Truist Financial decreased their target price on Darden Restaurants from $180.00 to $136.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 24th. Credit Suisse Group decreased their target price on Darden Restaurants from $175.00 to $152.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 24th. TheStreet raised Darden Restaurants from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Monday, May 9th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Darden Restaurants in a research report on Friday, June 24th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price objective on Darden Restaurants from $134.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 24th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $141.65.
In other Darden Restaurants news, Director Timothy J. Wilmott acquired 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $120.00 per share, for a total transaction of $1,200,000.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 27,094 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,251,280. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 0.95% of the company’s stock.
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Darden Restaurants, Inc, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of May 30, 2021, it owned and operated 1,834 restaurants, which included 875 under the Olive Garden, 533 under the LongHorn Steakhouse, 170 under the Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, 81 under the Yard House, 63 under The Capital Grille, 44 under the Seasons 52, 42 under the Bahama Breeze, and 26 under the Eddie V's Prime Seafood brands.
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Marta Kauffman, co-creator of 'Friends,' 'embarrassed' now by its lack of diversity
Marta Kauffman says she now gets why people have been critical of "Friends."
The co-creator of the hit comedy series told the Los Angeles Times she had initially thought people were unfairly targeting the sitcom about its lack of diversity, but explained she's "learned a lot in the last 20 years."
"Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy," Kaufman said. "It's painful looking at yourself in the mirror. I'm embarrassed that I didn't know better 25 years ago."
"Friends," which ran from 1994 - 2004, starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. It had been criticized for a lack of longstanding characters of color.
In 2020, Schwimmer told The Guardian he was "very aware of my privilege as a heterosexual white male" and said "Friends" happened during a "pre-woke" time, when story was not as inclusive.
"Maybe there should be an all-Black 'Friends' or an all-Asian 'Friends,'" said Schwimmer, who played Ross for 10 seasons. "But I was well aware of the lack of diversity and I campaigned for years to have Ross date women of color. One of the first girlfriends I had on the show was an Asian-American woman, and later I dated African-American women. That was a very conscious push on my part."
That didn't go over well with some who pointed out that the all-Black cast comedy "Living Single" aired from 1993 to 1998 (predating "Friends" by a year") and, like "Friends," focused on six young adults and their intertwined lives in New York City.
Kauffman, who created "Friends" with David Crane, told the LA Times that she came to better understand systemic racism in the U.S. after the George Floyd murder and consequently the complaints about the show.
That helped motivate her to pledge $4 million to her alma mater, Brandeis University in Boston, for the establishment of an endowed professorship in the school's African and African American studies department.
Since the endowment was announced, Kauffman said she's "gotten nothing but love."
"It's been amazing. It surprised me to some extent, because I didn't expect the news to go this wide," she said. "I've gotten a flood of emails and texts and posts that have been nothing but supportive. I've gotten a lot of 'It's about time.' Not in a mean way. It's just people acknowledging it was long overdue." | https://www.koco.com/article/marta-kauffman-co-creator-friends-embarrassed-by-lack-of-diversity/40484054 | 2022-07-01T18:13:54Z | https://www.koco.com/article/marta-kauffman-co-creator-friends-embarrassed-by-lack-of-diversity/40484054 | true | 24 |
All the best. Shanna Moakler reacted to Travis Barker’s hospitalization with only good vibes. The Blink-182 drummer was hospitalized on June 29, 2022, and his ex-wife wished him well in his recovery.
Travis was hospitalized at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after experiencing severe stomach pain. He and his wife Kourtney Kardashian first went to West Hills Hospital and was sent to Cedar Sinai in an ambulance. He was diagnosed with pancreatitis which was caused by a recent colonoscopy. Shanna told Us Weekly on June 30, 2022, “Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concern to my ex and father of my children. I know he is in great hands and surrounded by loving support, the best medical teams available and his beautiful wife Kourtney.” She continued, “Travis has beat the odds numerous times and I know with his support system he will do it again. I will always be here for him and my children. Godspeed.”
Travis and Shanna’s daughter, Alabama, posted an Instagram story and TikTok of her dad in a stretcher. “Please say a prayer,” she captioned the now-deleted TikTok. Their son, Landon, was in New York City performing with Machine Gun Kelly at Madison Square Garden during the hospitalization. Before he was hospitalized, Travis tweeted, “God save me,” which referred to a track that he did with Machine Gun Kelly on his recent album Mainstream Sellout.
Alabama thanked all her fans for their unending support for her father. “Thank you guys for all the prayers and love, I appreciate you & love all of you,” she wrote in an Instagram story on Wednesday. Travis’ stepdaughter and Shanna’s daughter with Oscar de la Hoya, Atiana also thanked everyone for their support. “Thank you for the outpouring of love and prayers sent our way at this time. It is heard, felt and appreciated,” she wrote.
Shanna also recently reacted to her ex-husband’s Italian wedding with Kourtney Kardashian. “I wish the happy couple a lovely marriage,” she told Us Weekly on May 25, 2022. “I will continue to only want the best for my children.“ Travis’ kids and Atiana attended the lavish wedding in Portofino Italy on May 23, 2022. “It was a beautiful gesture to include my children in such a gorgeous affair.”
Shanna took to Instagram in February 2021 to air out her thoughts about Travis and Kourtney’s relationship during its early stages. She liked one comment on her post that said, “Shhhhiiiii that broad don’t got nothin’ on you! Travis downgraded big time!!!!” She referred directly to the new couple when she told PageSix that “He’s my friend and co-parent, and I want him to be happy. And if being with her makes him happy, and she’s happy, I’m happy for both of them, honestly. He can handle that Kardashian drama!”
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Report: NFL star and La. native Jaylon Ferguson died from apparent overdose
BALTIMORE - Jaylon Ferguson, an NFL player with Louisiana roots who died last week at age 26, was killed by an apparent drug overdose.
The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that Ferguson died from a combination of fentanyl and cocaine in his system. His death has been ruled an accident.
Ferguson, who was drafted 85th overall by the Baltimore Ravens in 2018, previously played ball at West Feliciana High and Louisiana Tech.
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Leverty Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV – Get Rating) by 0.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 144,247 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 998 shares during the period. iShares S&P 500 ETF comprises approximately 51.6% of Leverty Financial Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Leverty Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares S&P 500 ETF were worth $65,443,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. McGuire Investment Group LLC grew its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 ETF by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. McGuire Investment Group LLC now owns 2,106 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,004,000 after buying an additional 23 shares during the period. Clear Perspective Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Clear Perspective Advisors LLC now owns 993 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,000 after buying an additional 23 shares during the period. Centric Wealth Management grew its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Centric Wealth Management now owns 5,948 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,837,000 after buying an additional 24 shares during the period. Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd grew its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd now owns 6,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,035,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the period. Finally, McCutchen Group LLC grew its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. McCutchen Group LLC now owns 3,708 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,769,000 after buying an additional 26 shares during the period.
NYSEARCA IVV opened at $379.15 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $400.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $433.34. iShares S&P 500 ETF has a 12-month low of $364.03 and a 12-month high of $482.07.
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the large-capitalization sector of the United States equity market.
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After a record-setting May and June, it likely comes as no surprise that Independence Day will be hot.
That’s to be expected, but it’s the combination of heat and drought that is a bit concerning this year. Despite some good rains in the last week, San Antonio International Airport is still more than 11 inches below average for rainfall.
Certain fireworks are restricted in Bexar County and other nearby counties due to drought conditions.
Boerne and Fredericksburg have canceled their firework shows due to fire danger.
The current forecast calls for a high of 100° on Monday.
If you’re catching a fireworks show on Monday evening, you can expect it to be a warm, mostly clear evening.
If you are curious, here is some climatology for July 4th in San Antonio:
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Atlanta has changed over the years, and she's truly come into her own in the culinary scene, taking the farm-to-table movement to the next level. Restaurants like Miller Union and Restaurant Eugene are visiting farmer's markets regularly, fostering partnerships with local farmers, and meeting the demands of customers seeking the freshest of ingredients. But these aren't your grandma's meats and veggies; they sing with creativity, flavor, and boldness. It's time to build your Atlanta bucket list of gastronomic proportions. Dress up for an elegant night on the town at Cape Dutch, or come casual to Gunshow. Make a reservation (and deposit) at Staplehouse on the weekend, or shop the new Ponce City Market area during the week with a stop at Breeza Cucina. Hit up Hugh Acheson's Empire State South for a weekend brunch, or escape to Umi for a whirlwind romantic experience. Whatever your dining style, company, or location in the city, we've got something you'll love. Whatever you do, come hungry! | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2649820341070/kent-state-adds-kennesaw-state-to-2026-football-schedule | 2022-07-01T18:17:32Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2649820341070/kent-state-adds-kennesaw-state-to-2026-football-schedule | false | 19 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
Biden will also recognize Sandra Lindsay, the New York City nurse who rolled up her sleeve on live television in December 2020 to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine dose that was pumped into an arm in the United States, the White House announced Friday.
Biden’s honors list, which the White House shared first with The Associated Press, includes both living and deceased honorees from the worlds of Hollywood, sports, politics, the military, academia, and civil rights and social justice advocacy.
The Democratic president will present the medals at the White House next week.
Biden himself is a medal recipient. President Barack Obama honored Biden’s public service as a longtime U.S. senator and vice president by awarding him a Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 2017, a week before they left office.
The honorees who’ll receive medals from Biden “have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come,” the White House said.
The honor is reserved for people who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal public or private endeavors, the White House said.
Biles is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, winning 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. She is an outspoken advocate on issues that are very personal to her, including athletes’ mental health, children in foster care and sexual assault victims.
Lindsay became an advocate for COVID-19 vaccinations after receiving the first dose in the U.S.
McCain, who died of brain cancer in 2018, spent more than five years in captivity in Vietnam while serving in the U.S. Navy. He later represented Arizona in both houses of Congress and was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008. Biden said McCain was a “dear friend” and “a hero.”
Washington is a double Oscar-winning actor, director and producer. He also has a Tony award, two Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a longtime spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The other 13 medal recipients are:
— Sister Simone Campbell. Campbell is a member of the Sister of Social Service and a former executive director of NETWRK, a Catholic social justice organization. She is an advocate for economic justice, overhauling the U.S. immigration system and health care policy.
— Julieta Garcia. A former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, Garcia was the first Latina to become a college president, the White House said. She was named one of the nation’s best college presidents by Time magazine.
— Gabrielle Giffords. A former U.S. House member from Arizona, the Democrat founded Giffords, an organization dedicated to ending gun violence. She was shot in the head in January 2011 during a constituent event in Tucson and was gravely wounded.
— Fred Gray. Gray was one of the first Black members of the Alabama Legislature after Reconstruction. He was a prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr.
— Steve Jobs. Jobs was the co-founder, chief executive and chair of Apple Inc. He died in 2011.
— Father Alexander Karloutsos. Karloutsos is the assistant to Archbishop Demetrios of America. The White House said Karloutsos has counseled several U.S. presidents.
— Khizr Khan. An immigrant from Pakistan, Khan’s Army officer son was killed in Iraq. Khan gained national prominence, and became a target of Donald Trump’s wrath, after speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
— Diane Nash. A founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Nash organized some of the most important 20th century civil rights campaigns and worked with King.
— Megan Rapinoe. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup soccer champion captains the OL Reign in the National Women’s Soccer League. She is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice and LGBTQI+ rights who has appeared at Biden’s White House.
— Alan Simpson. The retired U.S. senator from Wyoming served with Biden and has been a prominent advocate for campaign finance reform, responsible governance and marriage equality.
— Richard Trumka. Trumka had been president of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade at the time of his August 2021 death. He was a past president of the United Mine Workers.
— Wilma Vaught. A brigadier general, Vaught is one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history, breaking gender barriers as she has risen through the ranks. When Vaught retired in 1985, she was one of only seven female generals in the Armed Forces.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Friday that he would likely only serve one term if he wins back the presidency in October's election.
“I’m not going to be a president of the republic who is thinking about his reelection," he said in an interview with Metropole Radio in the northeastern state of Bahia. “I’m going to be a president who is going to be thinking about governing this country for four years and leaving it looking great.”
Da Silva, who would turn 77 before taking office if elected, said he would have "four years in which I want to dedicate every minute to see if we can do in four years more than I did in eight.”
He added later: “I dream that when we get to December 31, 2026, when we hand over the mandate to someone else, this country will be thriving, growing.”
The leftist leader served two terms from 2003 to 2010, and he leads the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro in all opinion polls heading into the October election. Some indicate he might gain a first-round victory, avoiding the need for a runoff between the top two finishers.
Bolsonaro often insists the polls are wrong, significantly understating his true strength.
While campaigning in 2018, Bolsonaro too hinted he would serve only one term, saying he opposed reelection.
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Retirement Capital Strategies lifted its stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:STIP – Get Rating) by 27.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 223,127 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 48,350 shares during the period. iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF makes up about 9.3% of Retirement Capital Strategies’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Retirement Capital Strategies owned approximately 0.21% of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF worth $23,236,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. FLC Capital Advisors lifted its position in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. FLC Capital Advisors now owns 11,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,218,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC now owns 6,486 shares of the company’s stock worth $689,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. lifted its position in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. now owns 4,077 shares of the company’s stock worth $432,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group lifted its position in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 5,672 shares of the company’s stock worth $601,000 after purchasing an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV raised its stake in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 26.6% during the first quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 896 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,000 after buying an additional 188 shares during the last quarter.
STIP opened at $101.43 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $103.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $104.40. iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $101.09 and a fifty-two week high of $107.15.
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Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah has issued a special message for the fans after signing a contract extension.
The Egyptian star, whose deal was set to end next year, has penned a new deal that will keep him at the club till 2025. With Sadio Mane leaving Anfield, there were fears Salah could follow suit as clouds of uncertainty hovered over his Liverpool future.
However, those fears have now been allayed, as the 30-year-old has committed himself to the Anfield outfit for two more years and sent out a message to Reds fans. Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com, he said:
“My message (to the fans) is the players in the team want to give our best next season to try to win all the trophies. As usual, you stay behind us and give us a big push, and I am sure we are going to win trophies again (together).”
Revealing his desire to win more silverware, the former AS Roma striker added:
“I feel great, and (and I am) excited to win trophies with the club. It’s a happy day for everyone. It takes a little bit of time, I think, to renew, but now everything is done, so we just need to focus on what’s next."
Liverpool ready to compete 'for everything'
The Reds were on course for an unprecedented quadruple last season but ended up winning only two - the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup.
Manager Jurgen Klopp's side lost the Premier League to Manchester City by a point on the final day and were beaten 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League final by Real Madrid.
Salah has reassured the fans that Liverpool are ready to compete on all fronts once again next season. He added:
“I think you can see in the last five or six years the team was always going (upwards). Last season, we were close to winning four, but unfortunately in the last week of the season, we lost two trophies."
Salah continued:
“I think we are in a good position to fight for everything. We have new signings as well. We just need to keep working hard, have a good vision, be positive and go for everything again.”
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Website Outage Puts Job Seekers on Pause
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — Roughly 76,000 unemployed Louisianians are in limbo after the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s HiRE website was taken offline on Wednesday in response to an attempted malware attack.
The state’s labor exchanges and unemployment claims systems were shut down Wednesday by Geographic Solutions, a state contractor, after the company discovered an attempted malware attack that also impacted as many as 40 other states and the District of Columbia.
GSI told state officials there was no data breach from the HiRE website, which is used for unemployment claims, job searches and other functions.
“The outage impacts the nearly 11,000 people currently filing continued claims for unemployment in Louisiana. GSI has prioritized Louisiana for restoring the HiRE website, and we remain fully committed to working with them to bring our systems back online as soon as possible,” according to a Louisiana Workforce Commission statement.
State officials allege the outage will not prevent otherwise eligible claimants from receiving unemployment benefits, though payments will be delayed.
“For HiRE users who filed weekly certifications prior to the system outage but have not yet received payment, LWC will prioritize ensuring payments are issued promptly once the website is back online,” the statement read. “LWC will issue further instructions to users who have not yet filed a weekly certification, once access to the HiRE site has been restored to ensure all eligible users have an opportunity to file claims.”
LWC said on Wednesday officials expect the system to be restored “within the next 72 hours.”
“Our call centers have reopened to answer questions or address concerns,” according to the LWC statement. “Weekly claims certifications for unemployment benefits can still be filed through the automated phone system (1-866-783-5567) by selecting ‘Option 2’ to access your account and following the prompts.”
The call center staff cannot file new claims or provide any claims information, LWC wrote.
Heidi Turner, who was laid off in March and filing unemployment for the first time, told WAFB the call center wasn’t much help for her.
“When I called, they told me they didn’t know. I was told it could be a week, or it could be a month. Just keep filing,” she said. “That’s all really that they told me because they have no information.”
Updates on the situation will be posted to the LWC website.
The malware attack came just days after the LWC highlighted a not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.6% for May, the second lowest in history.
That figure is 0.1% higher than the revised rate for April 2022, and a decrease of 2.5% from May 2021’s rate of 6.1%.
The number of unemployed individuals increased by 2,071 from April to May 2022, when they totaled 75,963. That number is 49,472 fewer than the same month last year.
The number of not-seasonally adjusted employed individuals totaled 2,020,069 in May, down 3,512 from April.
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Lithium (LITH) traded 1.8% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 12:00 PM E.T. on July 1st. During the last week, Lithium has traded 2.2% lower against the U.S. dollar. One Lithium coin can currently be purchased for about $0.0019 or 0.00000010 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Lithium has a total market capitalization of $4.96 million and approximately $169,043.00 worth of Lithium was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- JUMPN (JST) traded down 54% against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- CV SHOTS (CVSHOT) traded 1.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $36.61 or 0.00189261 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded up 20.7% against the dollar and now trades at $220.75 or 0.01141159 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00005164 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded up 600.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Tari World (TARI) traded 5.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $15.74 or 0.00081346 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded up 1.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.45 or 0.00002324 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.31 or 0.00001614 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded up 2.9% against the dollar and now trades at $3.11 or 0.00016084 BTC.
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A Chicago police officer was shot numerous times while responding to a domestic disturbance Friday and is hospitalized in a serious condition, officials said.
Officers responded to the call at around 8:30 a.m., Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said in a press conference.
Upon arrival, law enforcement officials took an elevator up to the apartment. Once they got off the elevator, shots were fired at the officers by the suspect who is now in custody, Brown said.
One officer, a male who has been with the police department for 15 years, was shot multiple times and remains in serious condition, Brown added.
A police officer with the University of Illinois at Chicago was monitoring the Chicago Police radio and transported the injured officer in his squad car, "likely saving his life," the superintendent said.
"We are asking prayers for this officer and his family and we are praying for a full recovery," Brown said.
Officers did not fire their weapons during the incident and also recovered a gun from the scene, the superintendent added.
The suspect, a convicted felon, sustained an injury to his wrist and is being treated at a separate hospital, Brown said. There were no other injuries related to the incident, he added.
Brown said charges against the suspect are pending.
The incident is a reminder of "the difficulties and dangers" of working as an officer, Brown said, noting that "being a police officer in this country hasn't been more dangerous in decades."
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who also attended the press conference outside the hospital where the officer is being treated, spoke about the alarming rise of domestic violence crimes.
"It is a huge public health and public safety issue, which we're working diligently to address," she said. "But we have a long way to go as a society in understanding the danger to people in the household, the danger to our police, and the danger to ordinary residents when domestic violence happens inside of a household."
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Internova Travel Group, one of the largest travel services companies in the world, announced that Simon Brooks has been named President of Bonotel Exclusive Travel.
Bonotel is a leading inbound marketing and distribution partner of branded and boutique luxury hotel rooms to international business-to-business clients and has very strong relationships with most of the major tour operators worldwide. Bonotel is part of the Travel Leaders Group division of Internova. Brooks will report to Travel Leaders Group President John Lovell, starting on July 5.
"We've known Simon for a long time and are excited to bring him on board," said J.D. O'Hara, CEO of Internova Travel Group. "From his many years at British Airways, he brings a deep and extensive knowledge of the travel industry and an expansive network of contacts. He is a proven leader, and we are confident that he will be a great fit for this business."
In his new role, Brooks will leverage his industry knowledge to identify trends in the marketplace, create new content, build on Bonotel's current relationships with hotels and resorts, boutique properties, villas and other accommodations throughout North America, and market them to tour operators and travel advisors worldwide.
"Having worked closely with many clients and suppliers, Simon will also help ensure that our network of more than 70,000 travel advisors can benefit from Bonotel's preferred rates and services," O'Hara added.
Previously, Brooks was Chief Commercial Officer for a sports events business, The Icons Series, where he led all sales and revenue generation activities. He also had responsibility for client and supplier relationships.
Brooks has over two decades of commercial leadership experience in the airline industry. Having led teams in the Leisure and Corporate sectors in the UK, his most recent position was the Senior Vice President of Sales North America for British Airways, leading the Atlantic Joint Business team alongside American Airlines and Iberia. Earlier in his career, Brooks held numerous airline operations positions in Eastern Europe opening new destinations for British Airways.
Bonotel Exclusive Travel, part of Travel Leaders Group, a division of Internova Travel Group, is a leading inbound marketing and distribution partner of both branded and boutique luxury hotel rooms to a longstanding base of international B2B clients. The Company works with a network of more than 10,000 hotel partners and provides seamless electronic distribution to more than 1,500 international tour operators through the Company's IT platform. Bonotel was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.
Internova Travel Group is one of the largest travel services companies in the world with a collection of leading brands delivering high-touch, personal travel expertise to leisure and corporate clients. Internova manages leisure, business and franchise firms through a portfolio of distinctive divisions. Internova represents more than 70,000 travel advisors in over 6,000 company-owned and affiliated locations predominantly in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with a presence in more than 80 countries.
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John Wall is a Clipper.
The All-Star point guard agreed to a two-year, $13.2 million contract with the team, his agency Klutch Sports tweeted at 9:20 Friday morning.
With forward Nicolas Batum and wing Amir Coffey agreeing to terms with the team Thursday, and backup center Isaiah Hartenstein leaving for a two-year, $16.7 million deal with the New York Knicks –substantially more than the Clippers offered – and a likely bigger role, Wall’s addition will bring the Clippers’ roster to 14 of a possible 15 rostered players.
Wall is the latest piece added to a veteran Clippers squad that’s laser-focused on competing for the franchise’s first NBA title next season, when it expects to reincorporate healthy All-Stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
It is, in retired Hall of Fame broadcaster Ralph Lawler’s estimation: “The deepest Clipper team Ever!” And he called the team’s games for 40 seasons.
It remains to be seen whether the Clippers have any desire to significantly alter that impressive roster (besides likely adding a backup big man) by engaging in the ongoing Kevin Durant and/or Kyrie Irving trade sweepstakes with the Brooklyn. The Nets reportedly are looking for a trade partner for Durant that would be able to deliver a historic haul in return.
Well before this free agency’s fireworks, the Wall-to-the-Clippers proposition long seemed like a legitimate possibility. He sat courtside with George’s parents to watch the the team’s 2021 playoff opener against the Dallas Mavericks, and a couple months after that, fans noticed he liked a tweet proposing a trade that would send him to the Clippers.
John Wall sitting courtside at halftime next to Paul George’s parents. #Clippers pic.twitter.com/2sfUePOA8h
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) May 22, 2021
John Wall to the LA Clippers 👀🔥 ? pic.twitter.com/rbLJRGDY90
— LA🏙 (@ClipperTap) July 13, 2021
Of course, when the 31-year-old Wall picked up his $47.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season, his salary made it tough to find a trade partner.
But when he and the Houston Rockets reached a buyout agreement last week that siphoned off $6.5 million – about the same amount as the taxpayer mid-level exception – from his $47.4 million salary, the Clippers seemed like a natural landing spot, although the Lakers and Miami Heat also reportedly had interest in the former No. 1 overall draft pick in 2010 out of Kentucky.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound, five-time All-Star boasts career averages of 19.1 points and 9.1 assists per game and who was one of the most physically gifted players at his position before injuries began to take a toll. Wall has had heel surgery and a ruptured Achilles tendon as well as injuries to both knees, his wrist and shoulder.
Wall played in just 72 regular-season games since 2017-18, though it appeared he was healthy last season when he and the Rockets agreed that he’d take a backseat while they focused on developing their young core – much as Batum had in Charlotte before he was bought out there.
Before last season, Wall played 40 games with the Rockets in 2020-21 and averaged 20.6 points, 6.9 assists. His best season was in 2016-17, when he averaged 23.1 points and 10.7 assists for the Washington Wizards.
Wall’s most recent NBA game? A loss to the Clippers on April 23, 2021, when he had 27 points and 13 assists in 39 minutes.
Wall likely will share ball-handling duties with fellow guards Reggie Jackson, Terance Mann and Norman Powell. As the Clippers’ starting point guard last season, Jackson averaged 16.8 points and 4.8 assists for the 42-40 Clippers, who played the entire season without Leonard (ACL) and much of it without George (elbow).
John Wall agrees to a 2-year $13.2 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers! @JohnWall pic.twitter.com/sJXkyGOD7v
— Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) July 1, 2022 | https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/07/01/clippers-add-all-star-point-guard-john-wall/ | 2022-07-01T18:32:12Z | https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/07/01/clippers-add-all-star-point-guard-john-wall/ | true | 6 |
Political campaigns already are heating up for the November general election, in which voters will face six citizen-initiated measures and one (on abortion rights) that is placed on the ballot by the Legislature. One of the most hotly contested ballot fights involves a referendum on a new state law that would ban the sale of flavored-tobacco products.
In 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 793. “Big Tobacco has been targeting our kids, trying to hook our kids on tobacco products, killing literally a generation,” Newsom said. “It’s time for us to stand up and protect our kids and to push back against Big Tobacco, not just in terms of their efforts to go after our kids but their racist marketing.”
California law already makes it illegal — and rightly so — for retailers to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. The state has a strict enforcement system that can strip stores of their tobacco license. In reality, the legislation would forbid adults from buying most types of electronic cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products (such as Swedish “snus”).
The law is on hold pending the outcome of the referendum. But if voters approve SB 793, retailers will still sell the most dangerous nicotine-delivery devices (combustible cigarettes), but will no longer sell lower-risk products. Britain’s main public health agency, Public Health England, found that vaping is 95% safer than traditional smoking.
Likewise, Sweden has the lowest cancer rates in Europe because smokeless snus is the most popular nicotine-delivery choice. Some vaping flavors — bubble gum, candy — appeal to underage users. But research shows that adults who are trying to break their smoking habit prefer flavors.
It’s wrongheaded to ban adult-only products to protect children who already are not allowed to buy them. The same logic would demand bans on the sale of certain marijuana products (such as chocolate edibles) and flavored alcohol. Fortunately, California’s lawmakers haven’t taken their efforts that far.
Amendments exempted loose-leaf pipe tobacco, hookah and high-end cigars, but the law makes no other meaningful distinctions. To protect our health, California’s lawmakers are trying to ban the safest products, thus tempting nicotine addicts to return to a more-dangerous habit. That is, to put it gently, illogical policymaking.
SB 793 also bans the sale of menthol cigarettes, which are indeed as dangerous as other traditional cigarettes. Newsom referenced “racist marketing” — and he’s got a point. Past Big Tobacco marketing campaigns promoted menthol flavoring, which resulted in those cigarettes’ popularity in African American communities. Nevertheless, banning characterizing flavors will only lead to black markets given their continued popularity.
New York’s exorbitant tobacco taxes led to the street-corner sales of black-market “loosies” (individual, loose cigarettes). “This also gave New York law enforcement another reason to interact with non-violent people engaging in victimless crimes,” the libertarian Cato Institute explained. This is a troubling path for California to follow.
Advocates for the flavored-tobacco ban argue that vaping and certain lower-risk smokeless tobacco products are not Food and Drug Administration-approved cessation devices, and encourage smokers to use patches, gum and pharmaceuticals. Yet smokers who want to quit should be free to make their own decisions rather than wait for bureaucratic approval.
Voters should say “no” to SB 793 and allow Californians to make their own health choices. | https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/07/01/voters-should-nix-flavored-tobacco-ban/ | 2022-07-01T18:32:55Z | https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/07/01/voters-should-nix-flavored-tobacco-ban/ | true | 12 |
Capital Insight Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP – Get Rating) by 14.3% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 21,582 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 2,701 shares during the period. Capital Insight Partners LLC’s holdings in SAP were worth $2,395,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Monte Financial Group LLC grew its stake in SAP by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Monte Financial Group LLC now owns 5,003 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $701,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares in the last quarter. Telemus Capital LLC grew its position in shares of SAP by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Telemus Capital LLC now owns 14,079 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,973,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares in the last quarter. Commerce Bank grew its position in shares of SAP by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 3,273 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $458,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of SAP by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 6,047 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $847,000 after acquiring an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. grew its position in shares of SAP by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,841 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $258,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares in the last quarter.
Shares of SAP stock traded down $0.94 on Friday, reaching $89.78. 19,832 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,245,154. SAP SE has a 12-month low of $88.96 and a 12-month high of $151.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. The company has a market capitalization of $110.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.57 and a beta of 1.14. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $97.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $113.52.
The firm also recently declared an annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 20th were issued a dividend of $2.66 per share. This is an increase from SAP’s previous annual dividend of $2.19. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. SAP’s payout ratio is currently 41.67%.
Several brokerages have recently commented on SAP. Grupo Santander upgraded SAP from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a €104.00 ($110.64) target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 5th. Exane BNP Paribas lowered SAP from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $105.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Thursday. StockNews.com downgraded SAP from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 28th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on SAP from €120.00 ($127.66) to €110.00 ($117.02) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, June 20th. Finally, TheStreet downgraded SAP from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Friday, April 22nd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $114.00.
SAP Company Profile (Get Rating)
SAP SE, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an enterprise application software company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Applications, Technology & Support; Qualtrics; and Services. It offers SAP S/4HANA, an ERP suite with intelligent technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics; SAP SuccessFactors Human Experience Management provides cloud-based solutions, such as a human resources management system for core HR and payroll, talent management, employee experience management, and people analytics; and intelligent spend management solutions, including products branded under the SAP Ariba, SAP Concur, and SAP Fieldglass names.
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Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa of the small Mexican town of San Pedro Huamelula ceremonially married an alligator on Thursday. The mayor happily obliged repeated requests from the crowd to kiss his blushing bride.
San Pedro Huamelula has been practicing the alligator wedding ritual for centuries, tracing the tradition back to the indigenous Chontal and Huave peoples.
The village is located in Oaxaca state on the Pacific coast, a poor region of southern Mexico with a large population of indigenous residents. Wedding celebrants sing, dance, and implore the “little princess” alligator chosen as a ceremonial bride to bless them with good fishing and weather.
“We ask nature for enough rain, for enough food, that we have fish in the river,” Mayor Sosa explained.
The “godmother” of this year’s wedding, Elia Edith Aguilar, said the ceremony gives her “so much happiness and makes me proud of my roots.”
“It is a privilege to be the godmother. Very few people can do it,” she said, noting that one of her most important responsibilities is arranging a gown for the literal bridezilla.
The bride wore white, if anyone was wondering, although she was also outfitted with a perky tropical print dress. She made time to dance with just about everyone in the village, but on the other hand, alligators are notoriously poor at tossing their garters.
Aguilar explained that part of the ceremony’s prestige comes from the commitment of the village to feed the little princess, who eats “chicken, meat, fish, whatever we have.”
“It’s a very beautiful tradition,” she said, secure in the knowledge that the relationship will probably work out better than Johnny Depp’s marriage. | https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2022/07/01/mexican-mayor-ceremonially-marries-alligator-ensure-village-prosperity/ | 2022-07-01T18:34:21Z | https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2022/07/01/mexican-mayor-ceremonially-marries-alligator-ensure-village-prosperity/ | false | 1 |
Former Indian selector Saba Karim was left impressed with Rishabh Pant’s knock of 146 off 11 balls. The Indian wicket keeper scored his fifth Test century in the longest format of the game at Edgbaston on Friday, 1 July. Coming into bat when India were are a precarious position, Pant’s counter attacking partnership alongside Ravindra Jadeja took the Indian team to a respectable score after being reduced to 98/5 in the early hours of the Test match.
“He has worked out his game plan in Test cricket. There is a clarity in his thought process, he knows when to attack, he knows when to defend. He also understands the situation of the game and can bat according to that,” the former India player said.
“I think it has been a revelation the way Rishabh Pant's Test match career has shaped up so far. In so many occasions, he has bailed out India's so-called fragile batting line-up,” he further added.
Pant took on the English bowlers, stepping down to the pacers and smashing them all over the park. This pushed England into switching to Jack Leach in the hopes of turning the ball away from the left-handed batters. But the move did not come to pass as Pant took a liking to the off spinner and deposited him at will.
“That shows the way he has been playing these days. His confidence and his willingness to control the entire innings,” Karim said.
“He has shown maturity but at the same time he loves to counter-attack in such a splendid manner. It comes too easily to him, so there is a huge difference between his white ball batting exploits compared to his red ball batting exploits,” he further added while speaking to Harsha Bhogle in the broadcast. | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/england-vs-india-rishabh-pant-has-bailed-out-india-s-batting-unit-says-saba-karim-1969267-2022-07-01 | 2022-07-01T18:34:22Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/england-vs-india-rishabh-pant-has-bailed-out-india-s-batting-unit-says-saba-karim-1969267-2022-07-01 | false | 1 |
JR Motorsports ‘absolutely’ wants to enter the NASCAR Cup Series
It was confirmed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend that his NASCAR Xfinity Series organization, JR Motorsports, wants to enter the NASCAR Cup Series.
What is the latest and when could JR Motorsports go Cup Series racing?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks about JR Motorsports in the Cup Series
During a live “The Dale Jr. Download” at Nashville Superspeedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. talked about the prospects of JR Motorsports making the jump to the NASCAR Cup Series.
“I was hoping that Martin Truex Jr. would want to come over and help us start our Cup team at JR Motorsports. That’s coming full circle, I mean, I helped him get started, so he might as well help us get started!”
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Obviously, that would not happen next year as Martin Truex Jr. announced his intentions to return to the No. 19 car for Joe Gibbs Racing during the 2023 season, which changed the silly season landscape this year.
However, is Earnhardt really going to bring the famous Xfinity Series team to the Cup Series?
“I wish it was that easy. We want to go, we are working our tails off trying to exhaust every opportunity. We want to go Cup racing. JR Motorsports absolutely wants to be in the Cup Series.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. on moving JR Motorsports to the next level
It certainly sounds like JR Motorsports is ready for the next step in NASCAR. However, there are some obstacles to the idea of it happening.
First off, it’s not worth it for JR Motorsports to make the jump without acquiring a charter, and the prices for acquiring a charter are pretty high.
Earnhardt has been on record saying they won’t go to the Cup Series if the charters are going for more than $10 million, but with an evolving market, and maybe some leverage, it seems possible.
JR Motorsports has a very stable lineup in the Xfinity Series with Sam Mayer, Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, and Noah Gragson. All four drivers, especially Berry, could move up with the organization.
Mayer will be at the top level eventually, Allgaier has the experience, Berry has been vocal about his desires to move up eventually, and Gragson will be moving to the Cup Series very shortly.
Would it make sense to move up for the 2023 season where taking Gragson would seem like a very real possibility?
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When could JR Motorsports move up to the Cup Series?
There is a lot in play for JR Motorsports if they want to make this transition. It will take plenty of work but if they really want to make it happen, it will happen.
The 2023 season might be early on the timeline, but it is possible if they acquire a charter and have their financials ready to go for their first season.
However, they could wait for the new type of hybrid engine system that has been rumored to come for the 2024 season. That would also be a good entry point for the organization.
If not, NASCAR’s next TV rights deal will be starting at the beginning of the 2025 season and payouts could be different as owners, like Denny Hamlin , have been vocal about the current structure.
Any of these times make sense and it seems like the move could be coming sooner rather than later. However, it would need to make sense for the organization. The driver lineup shouldn’t be an issue.
This has been a rumor for many years and Dale Earnhardt Jr. only poured gasoline on the fire during the live show in Nashville. Perhaps, this was done on purpose by Earnhardt.
Either way, it seems inevitable that JR Motorsports makes the jump. It might not be next year, but people within the organization are working hard.
Related: NASCAR TV ratings during the 2022 season
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(NEXSTAR) — Medical researchers in Europe say a strain of so-called “super gonorrhea” was recently detected in a patient who returned from a trip to Cambodia in April.
The 50-year-old male patient, from Austria, had admitted to having unprotected sex with a female sex worker during his time in Cambodia, according to a case study outlined in the Eurosurveillance medical journal, which is published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The man later visited a urology specialist, complaining of painful urination and discharge.
A urethral swab determined the patient had contracted an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which initially resisted a course of antibiotics (ceftriaxone and azithromycin) for two weeks, despite symptoms clearing up. The patient was prescribed another round of antibiotics (amoxicillin-clavulanic acid), after which a urethral sample tested negative for N. gonorrhoeae.
Researchers noted, however, that the patient’s urethral, rectal and throat samples tested negative for N. gonorrhoeae after the initial round of antibiotic treatment; he was only diagnosed with N. gonorrhoeae after a PCR test came back positive.
After his second course of antibiotics, a PCR urine test was not available, researchers said.
The term “super gonorrhea,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO), refers to strains of gonorrhea that have “high-level resistance” to current antibiotic treatments. Officials with WHO say these resistant strains can develop and spread thanks to genetic mutations in the bacteria N. gonorrhoeae, or through the overuse of antibiotics (or poor quality of antibiotics used in treatment), among other factors.
Both WHO and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) further noted that gonorrhea, in general, has become better at evading treatments over the years.
“Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in gonorrhea actually appeared shortly after the introduction of antimicrobials at the beginning of the 20th century,” Dr. Teodora Wi, WHO Medical Officer, said in 2018, amid reports of a strain of “super” gonorrhea detected in the U.K. “Resistance has continued to expand since then.”
Untreated cases of gonorrhea — “super” or not — can have long-term health consequences, such as infertility, chronic pain, ectopic pregnancy, the loss of pregnancy, or even maternal death, among other adverse medical conditions, according to the WHO and the CDC.
In total, WHO estimated in 2012 that approximately 78 million people had been infected with N. gonorrhoeae that year. Sexually active individuals are encouraged to use protection to reduce the changes of contracting an STI, and to contact a healthcare provider for treatment if infected. | https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/health/what-is-super-gonorrhea-researchers-identify-new-case-in-male-patient/ | 2022-07-01T18:37:01Z | https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/health/what-is-super-gonorrhea-researchers-identify-new-case-in-male-patient/ | false | 34 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
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Earlier this week, news broke that Wes Johnson, the well-regarded pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins, was leaving the Twins to become the new pitching coach for LSU.
The news was unexpected and, really, pretty strange. Major league coaches — particularly a hitting or pitching coach — generally aren’t going to jump ship mid-season. That’s especially true when its a coach for a playoff contender, where the team is happy with the coach and isn’t giving any indications that they are going to make a change.
But to go from the major leagues — the pinnacle of the sport — to college baseball? Yes, LSU is one of the top programs in the nation, and plays in one of the top conferences, but still, it is, prestige-wise, something of a step down. And that makes Johnson’s move rather remarkable.
Eno Sarris and Zach Buchanan have a story at The Athletic about the move, and what it possibly means for other coaches and other teams going forward. The story is worth checking out, for a number of reasons, but what struck me in reading about it is what it reveals about the compensation for coaches, and what it says about how they are valued.
When news broke about Johnson’s departure, it was reported that he was getting a substantial raise to leave Minnesota for Baton Rouge, with Johnson getting around $750,000 per year to coach for the Tigers. There’s also a quality-of-life issue, as coaches with big time college programs do much less travel, particularly during the season, than MLB coaches do, and thus get to spend many more nights at home with their families. But the huge jump in salary would seem to be, if not the definitive factor, at least the major one.
The Sarris/Buchanan article expands on the compensation issue, noting that Johnson was making $400,000 per year for the Twins. It also explains how colleges provide additional revenue streams aside from the base salary (which Sarris and Buchanan say is $388,000 for LSU) to make the overall package richer than what is publicly reported by the schools.
How does Johnson’s $400K compare to the rest of the league? From Sarris/Buchanan:
No source contacted for this article knew of any pitching coaches who made [$750,000] in the big leagues. One current big-league coach guessed that average compensation for big-league hitting coaches was around $285,000 while pitching coaches earned an average of $325,000, which would put Johnson’s salary from the Twins on the high end of the big-league scale[.]
What strikes me about this is what it says about how MLB organizations value coaches. As you know if you followed the CBA negoations this offseason, minimum salaries for major league players was a big source of contention in striking a new deal. The minimum salary for an MLB player was $570,500 in 2021, while under the new CBA, the minimum salary is now $700,000.
The fact that major league coaches make a fraction of what even the lowest-paid major league player makes speaks volumes — to me at least — about how major league organizations value coaches. Teams are willing to spend significant sums in order to gain an advantage. The value of a marginal win on the free agent market for players has been discussed for years now, and while marginal win value isn’t linear for an individual player (a 0 win to 1 win delta for a player has less value than a 3 win to 4 win delta, for example) and depends on each individual team’s situation, we can comfortably say that a marginal win is going to be valued at somewhere from $5 to $10 million.
And unlike players, teams don’t get six years of control with coaches. Coaches generally work off of one or two year deals. They have the ability to change positions much more often than players do. A coach who is seen as particularly effective, who could make a major impact on a pitching staff or on a lineup, who could drive significant improvement, would be someone teams would spend aggressively on.
Instead, teams are paying coaches the equivalent of slot value for a sixth round draft pick. Which would seem to indicate that, well, coaches aren’t seen as that important, are seen as largely interchangeable. They are compensated well, at least at the major league level — minor league coaches make a fraction of what major league coaches do — but their salaries are a drop in the bucket compared to what the players make.
The Sarris/Buchanan article linked above goes into this in more depth — and, again, I’m going to encourage you to read it, if you haven’t already — but it is just striking to me how little difference MLB organizations appear to perceive there to be among coaches. One pitching coach or hitting coach, teams appear to believe, is largely no different than any other pitching or hitting coach in the overall available pool of coaches. | https://www.lonestarball.com/2022/7/1/23191115/lsu-moneywhips-twins-pitching-coach-wes-johnson-minnesota-twins | 2022-07-01T18:39:42Z | https://www.lonestarball.com/2022/7/1/23191115/lsu-moneywhips-twins-pitching-coach-wes-johnson-minnesota-twins | false | 1 |
Virtue Poker (VPP) traded down 5.1% against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 13:00 PM E.T. on July 1st. One Virtue Poker coin can currently be bought for about $0.0152 or 0.00000078 BTC on popular exchanges. Over the last week, Virtue Poker has traded down 30% against the US dollar. Virtue Poker has a total market cap of $1.62 million and $49,448.00 worth of Virtue Poker was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- JUMPN (JST) traded 54% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- CV SHOTS (CVSHOT) traded 4.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $34.93 or 0.00180024 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 12.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $271.98 or 0.01401611 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00005148 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Tari World (TARI) traded up 14.6% against the dollar and now trades at $17.03 or 0.00087761 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded up 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.45 or 0.00002318 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.31 or 0.00001610 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded up 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $3.10 or 0.00015953 BTC.
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Kadyrov announced the fall?
Fighters of the special unit "Akhmat" from Chechnya and the 2nd corps of the LNR People's Militia approached the city of Novodružsk, leader Ramzan Kadyrov said.
Source: TanjugFighters of the special unit "Akhmat" from Chechnya and the second corps of the People's Militia of the LNR approached the city of Novodružsk, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said.
According to him, their forces are working to encircle the Ukrainian army in order to put pressure on Lysychansk, Sputnik reported.
By the way, Novodružesk is located eight kilometers from Lysychansk.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced earlier today that Russian forces have entered Lysychansk, while the Ukrainian army is suffering heavy losses in the area of the city, RIA Novosti reports.
According to reports, the Armed Forces of Russia are continuing their successful offensive in the area of Lysychansk.
On February 24, Russia began a military operation in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said its goal was "to protect people who were exposed to genocide by the regime in Kyiv for eight years."
As the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced, on March 25, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation completed the main tasks of the first stage - they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine.
The main goal of the Russian military department now is the liberation of Donbass, the Ministry of Defense announced. Together with the Russian army, units of the DNR and LNR operate in the region. | https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2022&mm=07&dd=01&nav_id=114034 | 2022-07-01T18:41:21Z | https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2022&mm=07&dd=01&nav_id=114034 | true | 1 |
Apple products in Japan are becoming more expensive. The iPhone 13, for example, was found to be as much priced 19% higher than it . Prices of the smartphone have been rising with the launch of new models, but this price hike in Japan seems to have affected even older generations of iPhones as the value of the Yen has fallen.
The price of the iPhone SE (third-generation) has risen up to 62,800 yen ($US459 ($637)) from 57,800 yen ($US423 ($587)). The iPhone13 Pro (entry-level model) was previously 122,800 yen ($US899 ($1,248)) but is now 144,800 yen ($US1,060 ($1,471)). iPhones were not the only product to increase their price, as the iPad and iPad Air each increased by 10,000 yen, according to Bloomberg. Apple, which is worth $US2.2 ($3) trillion, did not respond to a request for comment on the price hike.
Let’s compare these prices to the United States. In the U.S., the iPhone SE (third-generation) currently costs around $US429 ($596) from the Apple store, $US30 ($42) less than it is in Japan. The iPhone 13 pro costs $US999 ($1,387) on U.S Apple stores, also less than Japan. The iPad Air, priced at 106,800 yen ($US790 ($1,097)) is $US41 ($57) more expensive than its U.S counterpart ($US749 ($1,040)). You see where this is going.
International pricing varies, especially to consider currency fluctuations, but Apple products in Japan were, as noted above, less expensive than those in the United States. The price hike seems to come with the U.S dollar being up 18% against the Japanese Yen. This is not the first time Apple has adjusted the price of its products in Japan. In 2016 prices were cut by 10% because of currency fluctuations.
Consumer prices have been rises in Japan, and Apple is part of a list of brands that are hiking pricing to match production costs. Convenience store franchise Lawson Inc. and brewery company Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. have also hiked their prices, according to Bloomberg, but Apple is one of the first consumer technology companies to do so. We will see if other consumer technology companies will join them in the future. | https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/07/apple-jacks-up-iphone-and-ipad-prices-in-japan/ | 2022-07-01T18:46:21Z | https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/07/apple-jacks-up-iphone-and-ipad-prices-in-japan/ | true | 2 |
What is the Premium Tax Credit (PTC) and What is Tax Form 8962?
The premium tax credit came about after the Affordable Care Act in 2009. You must meet certain requirements to claim this refundable tax credit and file Form 8962 with your tax return.
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But what is Tax Form 8962? This form reports information related to claiming an offset to the cost of purchasing health insurance through the National Health Insurance Marketplace.
What is the premium tax credit?
The premium tax credit is a refundable tax credit that can help lower your insurance premium costs when you enroll in a health plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
You can receive this credit before you file your return by estimating your expected income for the year when applying for coverage in the Marketplace. This counts as the advance premium tax credit. You can also claim the premium tax credit after the fact on your tax return with your actual income.
The amount of credit you receive depends on your estimated income and your household information, which you'll report on any application you file with the Marketplace.
If your estimated income falls between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level for a household of your size, you can claim the premium tax credit. You may use some or all of this credit in advance to lower your monthly premium costs, leaving money in your pocket.
If you use more of your premium tax credit than your final taxable income allows, you'll need to repay the difference when filing your Form 1040 at tax time. But if you use less of the premium tax credit during the year than you qualified for, you'll receive the difference as a refundable credit on your return.
It is important to note that for tax year 2020, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 suspended the requirement to repay any excess of the advance payments of the Premium Tax Credit when filing your Form 1040.
Eligibility requirements for the premium tax credit
You must meet all of the following criteria to qualify for the premium tax credit:
- You must get your health care coverage through the Marketplace
- You can't be eligible for health care coverage through alternative options such as your employer or the government
- Your income needs to fall within a certain range
- Another person can't claim you as a dependent on their return
- You must file a joint return if you're married
Changes in income and family size may affect your eligibility, so report these to the Marketplace to ensure you receive the appropriate tax credit. The premium tax credit program uses the federal poverty line to determine the income ranges that qualify you for the credit.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports the annual federal poverty levels, which vary depending on whether you live in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia, Hawaii, or Alaska.
The range is 100% to 400% of the federal poverty line amount for the size of your family for the current tax year.
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For example, an individual earning between $12,880 and $51,520 in 2021 meets the income criteria to qualify, while a family of four qualifies with household earnings between $26,500 and $106,000.
Even if your income makes you eligible, you must meet the other qualification criteria as well. You'll use Form 8962 to determine your full eligibility to claim the premium tax credit.
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What is Tax Form 8962?
If you purchased health insurance from the Healthcare.gov site — or your state healthcare marketplace if you live in a state that maintains one — you'll need to use Tax Form 8962. This form has two parts you'll need to fill out:
- Determining your eligibility for the credit
- Claiming the premium tax credit
Form 8962 is also used to reconcile the premium tax credit you might be eligible for with any advanced premium tax credit payments you’ve already received.
The first part of the form determines your annual and monthly contribution amount based on your family income and tax family size. Your tax family generally includes you and your spouse if filing a joint return and your dependents. You must include all of your family's or household's income.
After filling in this information and determining your applicable federal poverty level, you can figure out the amount of credit you can claim. You have two choices for how to claim it:
- A credit to reduce your monthly payments on your health insurance premiums
- A credit to reduce your taxes on your return
If you choose the monthly payments, the government pays your insurer over the course of the year, which lowers your monthly premium costs.
If you can claim the premium tax credit and your insurer received advanced payments from the government, the second part of Form 8962 compares how much credit you used and your final available credit. There are three possible scenarios:
- If you elected to receive the refundable premium tax credit on your tax return, you can claim it against your tax liability
- If you have more available credit than the payments made to your insurer on your behalf, you can claim the remaining balance on your return to reduce your taxes
- If you underestimated your income and the government paid out more than your actual credit value, you'll need to repay the difference when you file your taxes
When you buy health insurance from the Marketplace, you need to provide information about your family size and income to determine your premium tax credit eligibility. During the year, you may experience changes in income that differ from what you expected when filling out the Marketplace application.
As a result, you might face different circumstances at the end of the year, meaning you might have credit left over or you might need to repay some of your credit. However, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 suspended the requirement to repay any excess of the advance payments of the Premium Tax Credit for tax year 2020.
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(The Hill) – Former President Trump has an early edge over President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 rematch, according to a new Emerson College poll.
The national survey shows Trump leading Biden 44 percent to 39 percent in a head-to-head matchup, while another 12 percent of voters say they plan to vote for someone else.
Trump’s support has held firm since May, when the same poll found him notching 44 percent support in a 2024 race against Biden. But Biden’s support has waned, somewhat, since then, dropping from 42 percent in May to 39 percent in late June.
Of course, whether a rematch of the 2020 presidential race materializes in 2024 remains an open question.
While Biden has said that he plans to seek a second term in the White House, some Democrats have begun questioning whether he should actually do so.
Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly hinted at a potential 2024 run, though he hasn’t yet committed himself to another campaign and some Republicans remain skeptical that he will actually move forward with a comeback bid.
If he does ultimately decide to run, however, Trump would be the early favorite to win the GOP presidential nod. Fifty-five percent of voters say they would support Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, while 20 percent would back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising star within the party who has been floated as a potential presidential contender.
No other Republican scores double-digit support in a hypothetical primary matchup. Former Vice President Mike Pence notches 9 percent, while every other prospective candidate in the poll fails to clear even 5 percent support.
On the Democratic side, 64 percent of voters say that Biden should be the party’s 2024 nominee, while 36 percent say he should not be.
Of course, the first primaries and caucuses of the 2024 election cycle are still a year-and-a-half away, and few Democrats have positioned themselves for potential White House runs in the way that several Republicans have.
The Emerson College national poll surveyed 1,271 registered voters nationwide from June 28-29. It has a credibility interval – similar to a margin of error – of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points. | https://www.wjbf.com/news/u-s-world-news/trump-leads-biden-in-hypothetical-2024-matchup-poll/ | 2022-07-01T18:48:25Z | https://www.wjbf.com/news/u-s-world-news/trump-leads-biden-in-hypothetical-2024-matchup-poll/ | true | 24 |
( Headline USA ) Former President Donald Trump said he would consider Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a running mate in a potential 2024 White House bid, saying he has a good relationship with governor many see as a contender for the presidency.
“Well, I get along with him,” Trump told Newsmax. “I was very responsible for his success, because I endorsed him and he went up like a rocket ship.”
Neither Trump nor DeSantis have announced a bid for the White House. Trump, however, has repeatedly hinted at it, while DeSantis has largely shot down the rumors.
“All the speculation about me is purely manufactured,” DeSantis said last year. “I just do my job and we work hard … I hear all this stuff and honestly, it’s nonsense.”
DeSantis rose to national prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic and has pegged himself as a conservative cultural warrior by going after woke companies like Disney in his own state. He has not ruled out the possibility of running in 2024, but has said that for right now he “is focused on 2022.”
Earlier this month, Trump predicted that he would beat DeSantis in the Republican primary if the governor decided to run against him.“I don’t […]
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Love Island couples are going to be put to the test with the return of Casa Amor and fans can now take a look inside the infamous villa.
The villa's iconic flashing neon sign appeared at the end of Thursday night's episode (June 30), meaning it will be just a matter of days until the main villa is split and loyalties are tested.
ITV bosses are reportedly set to make a huge twist to the show this year, sending the girls to Casa Amor instead of the boys.
This year's second villa looks more luxurious than ever, with a secluded terrace for islanders to share secret chats and maybe a hidden kiss underneath the classic Casa Amor sign.
Casa Amor also has a huge pool for contestants to splash about in and a host of day beds and sun loungers for people to top up their tans and get to know the hunky new men.
The firepit is smaller than the one in the main villa, but will still see plenty of islanders gathered around.
Casa Amor follows a similar colour theme to the main villa and the bedroom is decorated with orange and blue artwork of giant mouths eating watermelons and lollipops.
The makeup room features neon lights in the shape of lips blowing kisses and has a gold chest of drawers.
The kitchen and dining area is small and features a table which sits just six people.
The new villa features a gym area for the islanders to keep in shape and comes with a variety of different weights for the contestants to choose from.
The return of Casa Amor is bound to cause tension between the couples and will put every relationship to the test.
In the upcoming episode, female Islanders — including Gemma Owen, Indiyah Polack and Paige Thorne — are said to believe they are going out for cocktails, but will apparently instead be whisked away to the second villa.
They will then be greeted by a group of sexy new singletons.
It will be the first time in three years since the girls last visited Casa Amor.
The last series where the girls left the main villa was in 2019, with Amber Gill, Molly-Mae Hague, and Maura Higgins on the show at the time.
This series has seen most of the girls in established romances including Tasha Ghouri with Andrew Le Page, Gemma with Luca Bish, Indiyah with Dami Hope and Paige with Jacques O'Neill.
Will blossoming romances survive the test of Casa Amor, or will heads be turned? | https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-love-islands-casa-amor-27378137 | 2022-07-01T18:54:31Z | https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-love-islands-casa-amor-27378137 | false | 2 |
CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrés Giménez watched his home run clear the center-field fence, kissed his bat and then flipped it while turning toward Minnesota’s stunned dugout.
For the second day in a row, the Cleveland Guardians won a game they probably should have lost and handed the Twins another crushing defeat.
Giménez blasted a two-run homer in the ninth inning as the Guardians walked off against the Twins again, beating their AL Central rivals 5-3 on Thursday to take the five-game series and move within one game of first place.
When he crossed the plate, Giménez was splashed with water and bubble gum rained down on his head as the Guardians, who had only one hit through seven innings, celebrated their 17th last at-bat win — the most in the majors.
On Wednesday, Josh Naylor’s two-run homer in the 10th inning sent the Guardians past the Twins, whose bullpen has imploded against Cleveland several times this season.
“We keep fighting until the end,” Giménez said.
Six of Cleveland’s last at-bat wins have come against the Twins. The teams don’t play again until September, when they meet seven times.
“I’m glad they’re gone,” Guardians manager Terry Francona said. “That’s a lot and they’re good. I thought we played them pretty tough, but they’re a good team. They’ll be around. They’re a good team.”
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli called Wednesday’s loss “excruciating” when he met with reporters Thursday morning. He was searching for a similar word several hours later.
“Probably the most difficult series I’ve ever been a part of,” he said. “I’ve never seen five games against one team in four days that felt like that.”
Giménez went deep to center on a 3-2 pitch from Tyler Thornburg (0-1) as Minnesota’s bullpen imploded again.
José Ramírez drew a leadoff walk, the 10th allowed by Minnesota. Naylor’s groundout moved Ramírez to second and Owen Miller flied out.
Giménez, who followed with his game-winner, would like to find a less dramatic way to win.
“We’re gonna go up and down and we just have to be as a group and putting great at-bats together,” he said. “Hopefully things are gonna change, but we’re getting the wins. That’s all that matters.”
The Twins failed to hold a 6-3 lead in the 10th inning on Wednesday night, when the Guardians scored four times and won the game on Naylor’s two-run homer. Emilio Pagán and Jharel Cotton couldn’t the lead, and Minnesota’s bullpen problems returned less than 24 hours later.
The Twins outhomered the Guardians 10-2 in the series.
Thanks to José Miranda’s three-run double in the third, the Twins took a 3-1 lead into the eighth. Thornburg retired the first batter but hit Giménez with a pitch and walked Franmil Reyes and Sandy León to load the bases.
Shortstop Carlos Correa made a diving stop of Myles Straw’s sharply hit grounder. Giménez scored and Reyes came home when Correa threw wildly to third to tie the game.
Emmanuel Clase (2-2) pitched the ninth.
Chris Archer walked four straight hitters with two outs in the second, including a free pass to Kwan with the bases loaded. Archer was pulled after throwing 90 pitches in four innings. He walked six and struck out two.
Shane Bieber allowed five hits, struck out five and walked two in six innings.
LAST DAY
The series finale marked the finale day of Wes Johnson’s tenure as Minnesota’s pitching coach. Johnson is leaving the Twins to assume the same role at LSU.
“Not an easy day,” Baldelli said. “Wes will be on the plane with us. He’ll fly back with us to Minnesota. We’ll have some time to decompress and talk a little bit. Some emotions will be present.”
Johnson joined the Twins in 2019 after coaching at Arkansas.
Bullpen coach Pete Maki and assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez are expected to play major roles in Johnson’s absence.
HIT IN THE HEAD
Following his home run Wednesday, Naylor head-butted Francona, who was wearing a batting helmet. General manager Mike Chernoff said Naylor apologized to Francona on Thursday.
“He was like, I didn’t realize that I did that,” Chernoff said. “It was pretty funny. When Tito came in (Thursday), his glasses were all crooked. He had to go and get them taken in and fixed.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Twins: INF Jorge Polanco was given the day off after playing the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader and Wednesday night. He missed 14 games with lower back tightness.
Guardians: Rookie outfielder Oscar Gonzalez was a late scratch from the lineup because of right abdominal tightness. RHP James Karinchak’s rehab assignment (sore back) ended Thursday. He will rejoin the Guardians or be optioned to Triple-A Columbus.
UP NEXT
Twins: RHP Joe Ryan (6-3, 3.20 ERA) will start the opener of a three-game home series against Baltimore on Friday night.
Guardians: RHP Aaron Civale (2-4, 7.20 ERA) faces the New York Yankees in the opener of a three-game series Friday night at Progressive Field.
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The United States government decided Awarding the so-called Medal of Freedom (MFreedom Medal) for Steve Jobs. It will be a posthumous award, which is not usually common, given by the Joe Biden administration. You can read the White House statement from her official website.
The highest civilian honor an American can receive
The government’s arguments for this award are that Jobs’ vision and imagination led to “inventions that… It has changed and continues to change the way the world communicatesas well as transforming the film, music, computer and wireless industries.”
So Steve Jobs will be part of the Medals of Freedom handover with 16 other personalities, who make up The most honorable civilian award, obtainable in the United States. Another posthumous figure to receive the medal is John McCain, an American politician who became a Republican candidate for the country’s presidency.
Awards ceremony It will be held next Thursday, July 7th in the White House. It has not been confirmed, but it is assumed that an immediate relative of Steve Jobs will be present to receive the award. Perhaps his widow, Lauren Powell Jobs, will.
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When you read that a new electric car gets, say, 115 MPGe, it's easy to understand why you might be confused. After all, electricity doesn't come in gallons, and if it's so efficient, why wouldn't the car go further? Some may disregard it entirely. But it's not that tough to understand and, when you do, you'll know why it's important.
The purpose of MPGe as a concept was to make EV efficiency comparable to gas-powered vehicles. Introduced in 2010, the "Miles Per Gallon Equivalent" wanted to translate new tech into an old language. The obsession with range is understandable, but range and efficiency are two different things. A hyper-efficient car with a tiny pack may go less on a charge than a behemoth with a 200-kWh battery, but that doesn't tell you anything about how much those few hundred miles will cost or how much of an impact they'll have on the environment.
MPG, in that regard, is a good metric. It tells you how much energy, measured in gallons of gas, you'll consume over a given distance. MPGe is the same, except instead of a gallon of gas it uses the electric energy equivalent, 33.7 kWh of energy, as its yardstick. So each time a car uses 33.7 kWh of energy, it is burning through the equivalent of one gallon of gas.
That number, then, is exactly what it claims to be. Given the same energy as a gallon of gas, a car that gets 115 MPGe will travel 115 miles. That number is staggering. It shows that many EVs can get nearly twice as much range on 33.7 kWh of energy as a Prius can get from the same amount. It’s even more impressive when you learn that MPGe includes all of the energy that’s lost during the charging process (typically 5–10 percent) and doesn’t make it into the vehicle’s battery pack.
So why, then, are EVs not going twice as far on a charge as a Prius gets on a tank? Because range and efficiency are not the same thing. Efficiency is a measure of how effectively you use the energy you have available to you. In that regard, EVs are way, way, way better than the best hybrids and even further ahead of regular gasoline cars. But range factors in both how efficiently you use energy and how much energy you can store. That's where EVs struggle.
Gasoline remains a remarkably dense way to store energy. A Toyota Camry, with a 15.8-gallon tank, can store an unbelievable 532.5 kWh of energy onboard in the form of gasoline. That's more than twice as much as the Hummer EV gets with its gargantuan 212.7-kWh pack, which weighs and costs far more than any gas tank.
If you just think about range, though, you're missing that nuance. So when you're shopping for an EV, MPGe is a great thing to understand and compare. After all, if we're limited on how much energy we can store, the best thing we can do is make the most out of what we have. | https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a40449632/how-mpge-works-for-electric-cars/ | 2022-07-01T18:56:52Z | https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a40449632/how-mpge-works-for-electric-cars/ | true | 1 |
Jealous boyfriend, 35, who stabbed a man to death after accusing him of sleeping with his lover faces life behind bars for murder
- Oliver Muldowney, 35, asked: 'Think you can f*** Bobbie?' before stabbing victim
- He was convicted of the murder of Tim Hipperson, 39, and dealing class A drugs
- Muldowney attacked victim in Richmond alley in cannabis drug deal gone wrong
- Large serrated knife left a 'large, deep wound' across Mr Hipperson's chest
- He fled scene with fellow dealer and denied charges, but now faces life in prison
A jealous boyfriend stabbed and killed a man he accused of sleeping with his girlfriend, after asking the victim, 'Think you can f*** Bobbie?' [his partner]
Drug dealer and father-of-three Oliver Muldowney, 35, is now facing a life behind bars after being convicted of the murder of Tim Hipperson, 39.
Muldowney asked Mr Hipperson 'Think you can f*** Bobbie?', referencing rumours the victim slept with his partner, Bobbie Tomkins, before attacking him in an alleyway in a drug deal gone wrong in Richmond, London
He stabbed Mr Hipperson with a large serrated knife which caused a deep wound across his chest.
Mr Hipperson staggered from the scene near Kings Road but died in hospital three days later.
Tim Hipperson, 39, pictured, was stabbed across the chest by Oliver Muldowney, 35, on May 17 last year after he was accused of sleeping with drug dealer Muldowney's partner. Mr Hipperson then staggered from the scene in Kings Road, Richmond but died in hospital three days later
Muldowney then escaped to the home of a drug dealing associate and fled via taxi to Brentford.
The victim and his friend Chris Rosser had called Muldowney on May 17 last year to buy cannabis and smoke it together.
The two friends were walking along Peldon Passage where they met 36-year-old Jonathan Nash, a drug runner for Muldowney.
Money and drugs were exchanged and Nash left.
'However, within just a few minutes, Nash came back, but this time he was with his boss Oliver Muldowney,' prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones told the court earlier.
'By this time Tim Hipperson and Chris Rosser were sitting down and had already started to smoke the drugs which they had purchased.
'Tim Hipperson was sitting with his back to Muldowney, as Muldowney was approaching but he was told by Chris Rosser who was looking the other way that Muldowney was behind him.
'So Tim stood up and said, "All right, Ollie?"
'Muldowney's response to that was to say to Tim Hipperson, "Think you can f*** Bobbie?", a reference to Muldowney's long-term girlfriend whose name is Bobbie.
In court last week, Muldowney denied intending to kill or cause grievous bodily harm to Mr Hipperson because he believed he slept Bobbie.
'As Chris Rosser looked on, Muldowney made three or four punching motions towards Tim Hipperson's upper chest,' Mr Emlyn added.
'It was only when Muldowney moved away that Chris Rosser realised that they were not punches because Muldowney was holding a large knife, with a serrated blade, and had used that knife to stab Tim Hipperson, causing a large and deep stab wound to his chest, entering in the left armpit.'
Mr Hipperson collapsed and was airlifted from Kings Road in Richmond (pictured) on May 17 last year after the attack. He died three days later in hospital from his injuries
After the stabbing, Muldowney allegedly fled with Nash to the home of his partner Natalie Stevens, 38, who helped him escape by booking him a taxi to Brentford.
That evening, Mr Rosser was told Muldowney wanted to speak with him and he was instructed to go to Stevens' flat.
When Mr Rosser arrived, Nash handed him a phone with Muldowney on the other end of the line, it is said.
'In that telephone conversation, Muldowney told Mr Rosser to leave the area, he said leave the area for about a month and he offered him drugs and money in order to persuade him to do just that,' Mr Emlyn Jones said.
Mr Rosser accepted the drugs but went to the police and became the key witness in the trial.
Muldowney denied the charges but was found guilty of murder and perverting the course of justice by a unanimous jury.
Nash and Stevens denied and were cleared of perverting the course of justice.
But the jury found Nash guilty of two counts of supplying class A drugs.
In December last year, Muldowney was in custody for the stabbing, and in contact with 19-year-old Bonnie Eastwood - daughter of his partner Bobbie Tomkins.
He allegedly got her to speak to prosecution witness Elaine Doyle to try and persuade her from giving evidence and said there was £60,000 price on her head.
In a voice note sent from the 19-year-old to Muldowney on December 23 she said: 'Eileen why the f*** are you grassing on Ollie? I told her some f***ing home truths.'
However, the jury cleared both Muldowney and Eastwood of witness intimidation.
Oliver Muldowney, 35, denied murdering Tim Hipperson at the Old Bailey in London (pictured) but was convicted of his murder and supplying class A drugs. However he was cleared of perverting the course of justice
Muldowney, of no fixed address, denied but was convicted of murder and perverting the course of justice and admitted two counts of being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs of class A.
He further denied and was cleared of witness intimidation.
Nash, of Hounslow Road, Hounslow, west London, denied and was acquitted of perverting the course of justice but was convicted of two counts of being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs of class A.
Stevens, of Sheen Road, Richmond, denied and was cleared of perverting the course of justice.
Eastwood, of Morland Close, Hampton, denied and was cleared of witness intimidation.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney Duncan’s office within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
The ruling last week didn’t directly affect the 2015 decision that paved the way for same-sex marriage. But, Duncan said, it was still a warning shot for families headed by same-sex parents who fear their rights could evaporate like those of people seeking to end a pregnancy.
“That has a lot of people scared and, I think, rightfully so,” said Duncan, who specializes in representing members of the LGBTQ community at the Magic City Legal Center in Birmingham.
Overturning a nearly 50-year-old precedent, the Supreme Court ruled in a Mississippi case that abortion wasn’t protected by the Constitution, a decision likely to lead to bans in about half the states. Justice Samuel Alito said the ruling involved only the medical procedure, writing: “Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”
But conservative Justice Clarence Thomas called on his colleagues to reconsider cases that allowed same-sex marriage, gay sex and contraception.
The court’s three most liberal members warn in their dissent that the ruling could be used to challenge other personal freedoms: “Either the mass of the majority’s opinion is hypocrisy, or additional constitutional rights are under threat. It is one or the other.”
That prospect alarms some LGBTQ couples, who worry about a return to a time when they lacked equal rights to married heterosexual couples under the law. Many, fearful that their marital status is in danger, are moving now to square away potential medical, parental and estate issues.
Dawn Betts-Green and wife Anna Green didn’t waste time shoring up their legal paperwork after the decision. They’ve already visited a legal clinic for families with same-sex parents to start the process of making a will.
“That way, if they blast us back to the Dark Ages again, we have legal protections for our relationship,” said Betts-Green, who works with an Alabama-based nonprofit that documents the history of LGBTQ people in the South.
As a white woman married to a Black transgender man, Robbin Reed of Minneapolis feels particularly vulnerable. A decision undermining same-sex marriage or interracial unions would completely upend Reed’s life, which includes the couple’s 3-month-old child.
“I have no expectation that anything about my marriage is safe,” said Reed, a legal aide.
Reed’s employer, Sarah Breiner of the Breiner Law Firm, is setting up seminars in both the Twin Cities and the Atlanta area to help same-sex couples navigate potential legal needs after the court’s decision. Breiner said helping people remain calm about the future is part of her job these days.
“We don’t know what might happen, and that’s the problem,” Breiner said.
In a sign of what could come, the state of Alabama already has cited the abortion ruling in asking a federal appeals court to let it enforce a new state law that makes it a felony for doctors to prescribe puberty blockers and hormones to trans people under age 19. The decision giving states the power to restrict abortion means states should also be able to ban medical treatments for transgender youth, the state claimed.
Any attempt to undo same-sex marriage would begin with a lawsuit, and any possible rollback is years away since no major legal threat is on the horizon, said Cathryn Oakley, senior counsel and state legislative director with the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy organization.
“This is definitely a scary moment and people are nervous, but peoples’ marriages are still safe,” Oakley said.
Although the threat to same-sex couples feels particularly acute in conservative states, Oakley said she’s heard of people all over the country in recent days seeking second-parent adoptions, which protect a family by having the names of both adoptive parents on the birth certificate. People also are completing medical directives in case one spouse is incapacitated and doing general estate planning, she said.
Ryanne Seyba’s law firm in Hollywood, Florida, is offering free second-parent adoptions, which are similar to step-parent adoptions, for qualified same-sex couples to help ease some of the stress caused by the possible ripple effects of the abortion decision.
“We realized last week when (the ruling) came out we needed to do something,” said Seyba of The Upgrade Lawyers.
A judge in Broward County plans to have a special day in August to finalize all the adoptions at once, Seyba said. If nothing else, completing the process should give nervous families more security, she said.
“If gay marriage goes away, we don’t really know what’s going to happen,” she said. “It’s better to be on the safe side.’’
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Associated Press writer Kim Chandler in Montgomery contributed to this report. | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/same-sex-couples-updating-legal-status-after-abortion-ruling/ | 2022-07-01T18:57:49Z | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/same-sex-couples-updating-legal-status-after-abortion-ruling/ | true | 38 |
Ja’Marr Chase Made Fun of Joe Burrow’s ‘Speed’
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase set the NFL on fire last season. Burrow won the Comeback Player of the Year Award, Chase was Offensive Rookie of the Year and the dynamic duo led the Bengals to Super Bowl LVI. Their success on the field...
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Velvet Taco opens 34th location in The Colony development
Velvet Taco, the fast-casual concept, opened its 34th unit Monday in the Grandscape development in The Colony, Texas, expanding its emphasis on drive-thru pickup and patio seating. The brand, which recently announced it would be moving its headquarters from Plano, Texas, to Far North Dallas, opened the new restaurant...
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00:00 – Greetings, catching up with Renaud, and some discussion about his India trip and the various content we created about it (check the links below).
04:13 – Introducing the topic: Unauthorized subcontracting.
05:04 – What is subcontracting/unauthorized subcontracting?
No factory makes everything. Raw materials and components often need to come from outside, specialists will be used to weather jeans, make the display of a mobile phone, plastic parts, etc. For example, you specify to use a battery from Panasonic in your device, so Panasonic is the subcontractor for your battery who your supplier will deal with; you know about this, and it’s in your Bill of Materials. This type of subcontracting is normal and expected by buyers.
But, if the critical manufacturing steps like assembly or cut & sew which are supposed to be done by the factory the buyer has agreed to work with are given to a different factory without the buyer’s knowledge, this is unauthorized subcontracting.
07:45 – Why this happens in China quite a lot and how it affects social audits.
Unauthorized subcontracting happens globally, but it’s fairly common in China because, as we’ve spoken about before, Chinese suppliers often don’t like to give customers any supply chain information. They see who they work with as a trade secret. They often see nothing wrong with subcontracting without informing the buyer.
It’s also very bad for businesses who conduct social audits – as these audits only work if they’re done on the factory that is actually doing the work. If an unknown factory does the work, the audit’s results are false.
What problems does unauthorized subcontracting cause?
12:41 – Non-compliance.
When a manufacturing facility for a product has been certified as compliant with UL, CE, etc, if another is used, of course, it’s non-compliant as we cannot guarantee they use the same processes, materials, etc.
13:41 – Poor quality.
A qualified manufacturing facility can get too busy to handle the order quantity, so they subcontract to another supplier who isn’t qualified rather than telling the buyer they can’t make it on time. Oftentimes the subcontractor is a lower-quality factory because the best ones are busy, just like your qualified supplier. They also don’t work to your quality standard and may not have good staff or quality control – this results in poor quality products.
17:51 – IP at risk.
A factory that is working as a subcontractor who you don’t even know about but is assembling your product has access to your product design and components. Who is to say that they won’t produce more of your products and sell to competitors or in direct competition with you later on? You don’t know them or have any protection from legal agreements.
19:26 – Products made in banned areas or staff where slave labor is a concern.
Countries like the USA ban products made in certain provinces of China completely. If your qualified supplier isn’t there, that’s good, but what if the unauthorized subcontracting takes place there without your knowledge, but it’s later found to have occurred by the authorities? You will be held responsible.
How to reduce the risks of unauthorized subcontracting happening?
23:16 – 1. Factory data collection.
Understand who you’re working with and when they are more or less busy during the year. They may be more tempted to subcontract work during their busy periods and also if they do not truly have the capacity to fulfill your orders (even if they claim they do). Auditing suppliers before working with them is a good way to gain this information and understand what is realistic and possible.
26:45 – 2. Plan to improve capacity and reduce delays.
Put in place material and production control if needed. The absence of a proper production planning system means that their forecasts about when they can complete production by are inaccurate and, if delays occur and they’re under time pressure, increases the likelihood of them subcontracting in order to hit deadlines, they will also be unable to give you good updates on production if you request information. Bringing a production engineer into the supplier for a couple of days to consult can help increase their output by a large percentage.
32:40 – 3. Sign a manufacturing agreement with the supplier.
Sign an enforceable manufacturing agreement with your supplier that includes a clause forbidding unauthorized subcontracting.
34:09 – 4. Give the supplier a pre-order confirmation.
Giving the supplier a pre-order confirmation as early as possible gives them time to organize production and prepare for the volume required, reducing the chances of subcontracting. If they do need to subcontract, maybe there’s time for you to qualify the subcontractor they suggest. Buyers often just drop the order on a supplier with little notice, but an advanced warning gives everyone more options and security.
35:57 – 5. Follow up on production.
What’s the plan, major milestones, and rough dates they’ll be achieved? After obtaining this information from the supplier, send staff or use a third-party company (such as from Sofeast) to check that they’re hitting these production goals.
36:38 – 6. Utilize unannounced audits.
Unannounced audits can be effective for keeping suppliers on their toes, but it’s required that you add permission to do this to the manufacturing agreement or they may be denied access. Where possible sending your own staff and an outside auditor will add authority to the visit.
41:14 – Extra: Travel to China in Summer 2022.
A rough update about quarantine time reduction for inbound travellers and how feasible it is for business travel to resume any time soon.
44:13 – Wrapping up.
Related content…
- How To Create A Valid Manufacturing Contract In China To Protect Your IP
- Read a whole series of blog posts about vetting Chinese suppliers to help you find a lower-risk supplier
- Renaud was interviewed about social audits in this news article – unauthorized subcontracting has a serious effect on these [Free account to access]
- Get help from Sofeast to source great suppliers
- Audit your supplier’s processes with one of our process management audits in order to reduce the risks of them not coping and subcontracting
- Sofeast project managers check on and manage your supplier to assure that your production is on track
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01-12-24-33-44
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Kevin Durant may be taking his quest for more titles elsewhere.
Durant has requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision that undoubtedly will have teams scrambling to put together offers for the perennial All-Star.
The Nets have been working with Durant to find a trade partner, and he has multiple teams on his preferred list, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because neither the player nor Brooklyn revealed any details publicly.
ESPN first reported Durant’s trade request, citing Phoenix and Miami as two of his preferred destinations. The bombshell came just hours before the NBA’s free-agent period for this summer was set to begin.
The news also came exactly three years to the day after Durant announced that he was joining Brooklyn in a social-media post — a move that came June 30, 2019.
Durant is a 12-time All-Star, four-time scoring champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time NBA champion — those rings coming with Golden State, the team he was with before joining Brooklyn. He has four years and nearly $200 million remaining on his contract, which means that it may take a haul of players, draft picks or possibly both for a team to acquire him.
Durant has played 14 seasons, not including one year when he sat out while recovering from a torn Achilles. He has averaged 27.2 points in his career — over that span, only LeBron James, at 27.3 points per game, has averaged more.
And even at his age — Durant will turn 34 on Sept. 29, around the time training camps open this fall — he is still one of the best players in the game, his 6-foot-10 frame making his jump shot almost unstoppable by any defender.
Durant spent three seasons with Brooklyn, not playing in the first of those years while he recovered from the Achilles injury. He averaged 29.9 points in 55 games last season, after leading the U.S. to Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games last summer.
Unless he changes his mind and stays, his departure will be a huge blow to the Nets. At this time last year, the Nets were banking on contending for a championship with a core led by Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving.
That plan didn’t come close to reality. Irving missed much of the year because of his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19; he was ineligible to play in home games for the majority of the season. Harden wound up getting traded to Philadelphia for Ben Simmons, who didn’t play at all last season. Durant led Brooklyn into the playoffs, where it was swept in the first round by eventual Eastern Conference champion Boston.
And the offseason hasn’t exactly been calm for the Nets, either. Irving’s future was a major question mark until he decided to exercise his $37 million option earlier this week to remain with Brooklyn this coming season.
Now, Durant wants out, and the Nets will either have to change his mind or go ahead with moves that will overhaul their team.
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Shop Talk
- New sailing club takes over OCSC’s spot at Berkeley Marina
- Berkeley tech company turns into worker co-op as owner retires
- Fourth Street pop-up is devoted to women’s swimwear
- Strong roots have kept Vine Street Salon in the hair business for 30 years
- Bittersweet end for longtime candy-making and cake business
- Staff shortage caused weekend Walgreens closure
Open Berkeley Marina
New sailing club takes over OCSC’s spot at Berkeley Marina
Landlubbers may not be aware, but sailing towns have their own boating specialty.
“Sausalito is more about cruising. Berkeley is more performance-oriented, so it has more sport boats,” said Leigh Hunt.
He should know. He’s the owner of two sailing schools, Modern Sailing School & Club in Sausalito and Inspire Sailing in Berkeley, which opened a year ago. Inspire occupies the spot of the former OCSC Sailing, a mainstay at the Berkeley Marina for 45 years, which closed during the pandemic and never reopened.
Before becoming a sailing school owner, Hunt spent years as a recreational sailor. An electrical engineer who worked in Silicon Valley, he sailed in clubs around the bay and was a client at Modern Sailing until it went up for sale in 2013. He left tech and took over as owner and operator.
“When OCSC didn’t emerge from COVID, I wanted to make sure there was a continued sailing school and sailing club presence over here,” Hunt said. The school offers a similar U.S. Sailing curriculum, similar types of boats and serves a similar clientele. In fact, most of Inspired Sailing’s 350 members had been OCSC members.
“Most of the new people joining the club are learning how to sail,” Hunt said.
Inspire Sailing joins another sailing school at the marina, Cal Sailing, a low-cost, volunteer-run nonprofit founded about a half century ago.
Inspire offers larger vessels than Cal Sailing, and Hunt touts that all of Inspire’s instructors are U.S. Sailing-certified and U.S. Coast Guard captains.
Inspire offers a beginner’s class every month, which costs $125 per seat for a five-hour sail. The school also hosts sailing clinics for more practice in specific skills and race clinics three times a year so participants can join Berkeley Yacht Club’s Friday night races. Inspire’s fleet consists of 18 boats, from 24- to 40-feet.
Like OCSC, Inspire Sailing is also a club, with membership starting at $50 a month after a $500 initiation fee. Day charters for members range from $200 to $675 per day, depending on the size of the boat and day of the week.
“The cool thing is that the City of Berkeley and CalTrans just finished renovating the road to the marina,” Hunt said. “So the path to get down here is better than it has been in a long, long time.”
Inspire Sailing, 1 Spinnaker Way, Berkeley. Phone: 510-831-1800. Hours: Daily, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Connect via Facebook and Instagram.
In the Spotlight West Berkeley
Berkeley tech company turns into worker co-op as owner retires
In 2016, when Jerry Skomer began to discuss his retirement plans with his staff at Alternative Technologies, a company he founded in 1989, he couldn’t help but evoke the Golden Rule: to treat people the way you’d like to be treated. If he sold the company, Skomer worried that many of his longtime workers, some of whom had been with him for more than 20 years, might not make it through the transition.
“I could not countenance the possibility that my staff would have been subjected to the real possibility of termination, especially after they had worked so hard to achieve the success that Alternative enjoyed,” he said.
The solution: to turn Alternative Technologies into a worker-owned cooperative. On March 15 the company became the 23rd worker-owned cooperative in Berkeley.
AT, which is located in the former Heinz ketchup factory, provides a variety of technology infrastructure services, from cloud-based phone systems to fully-managed IT services, cloud-based backup and cloud platform support, WiFi installation and low-voltage wiring infrastructure. It also assists with IT security, budgeting and planning.
When Skomer founded AT, he was its sole employee — an attorney, not an IT person. But he said he was tenacious, worked hard and hired good people. At its height, AT grew to a staff of 40, which was reduced during the pandemic to 32.
“When Jerry founded the company he talked about doing the right thing for our customers, our employees and the world,” said Deborah Farrell, one of three equal managing directors who now lead the company. “That idea of the ‘triple bottom line’ wasn’t even a thing then, but he made it a thing. For us to become a worker-owned coop is a fulfillment of that vision.”
Here’s how it will work: the company is now led by three managing directors and a board of directors, which includes two managing directors to help with board development. By 2024, the board will be composed entirely of non-managers and managers would be ineligible to be board members.
“In this way the worker-owners will have a real voice in how the company is run and the burden of management will fall on the managers who were hired to do that,” Farrell said.
AT’s path to employee ownership began around 2016 when Project Equity conducted a feasibility study. Project Equity is an Oakland-based nonprofit that has partnered with the City of Berkeley in 2018 to help businesses remain in the city through employee ownership. The results of the study proved favorable, so AT hired Project Equity in 2020.
Project Equity has so far assisted five Berkeley businesses in converting to cooperatives, including Westbrae Nursery, The Local Butcher Shop, Adams & Chittenden Scientific Glass Coop and Oceanview Diner. Since 2018, Project Equity has engaged with more than 250 companies. For AT, the usual 12- to-14-month conversion process took longer because of the pandemic.
“I’m out of it now, so I can be a little more outspoken,” Skomer said. “I’m proud of what they’ve accomplished. So they deserve it.”
Alternative Technologies, 1050 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. Phone: 510-848-4411 Connect via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Open Fourth Street
Fourth Street pop-up is devoted to women’s swimwear
“Swimsuits are probably the hardest category to shop for within the fashion industry,” acknowledged Michelle Copelman, vice president of brand and design at Andie, an online brand devoted to women’s swimwear.
Andie opened its third U.S. pop-up store on Fourth Street on May 27. It will remain open through Dec. 31.
Known as a brand that emphasizes fit, Andie has developed a 12-question fit quiz, which helped earn it a spot on Forbes’ list of “20 of the Best Swimwear Brands for 2022.” The quiz is based on data from hundreds of thousands of women. After taking the quiz, customers receive a customized selection from the brand’s 157 styles, which range from size 0 to 26. Prices start at $95 and go up to around $125.
Reinforcing its reputation for classic styling, all of the brand’s top bestsellers are one-pieces: The Amalfi, a classic maillot; the Tulum, reminiscent of the Bay Watch tank; and the Malibu, with a snap neckline. On June 21, Andie introduced a new line of coverups, the No. 1 category its customers requested, to go with their new swimsuits.
Andie was founded by Melanie Travis five years ago, when she was working at BarkBox and preparing to go on a work retreat but couldn’t find a swimsuit that was work appropriate. Andie was an entirely online operation until it opened pop-up stores in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2021, and Sag Harbor, New York, this May.
Berkeley’s 1,231-square-foot location was chosen for its brisk foot traffic and demographic that includes university students, young mothers and older women, all of whom “don’t want to be as revealing or sexy at the pool or beach,” Copelman said. “Berkeley has a diversity that we cater to and are trying to attract.”
Andie, 1911 Fourth St. #102, Berkeley. Phone: 510-529-4462. Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Connect via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
In the Spotlight North Berkeley
Strong roots have kept Vine Street Salon in the hair business for 30 years
There’s a trend in hair salons that has nothing to do with hair: the disappearing receptionist.
At least six Berkeley salons don’t have them, requiring customers to book online. But that’s not likely to happen any time soon at Vine Street Salon, one of Berkeley’s largest and oldest salons, celebrating 30 years this month.
“We have clients who have been with us so long,” said Lora Batiste, who owns the salon with Mary Jane Niven. “They are used to being greeted and being able to call up and ask questions.”
Batiste and Niven met while assistants at Capelli, the salon that previously operated in the Vine Street location. After his partner died from AIDS, Capelli’s remaining owner ended up selling to Batiste and Niven, who were both single mothers.
“Kids can be a great motivator,” Niven said.
Vine Street is known for its education program, which allows newly licensed stylists to learn advanced techniques under the guidance of a senior stylist and provide cuts and color for a minimal charge. The relationship is a win-win: assistants end up attracting clients, while the salon builds up its staff. Successful stylists can then become independent contractors, which typically results in a higher salary.
“That’s been our business model: to keep a good staff and make everything available to them,” Batiste said. “The young ones see that there’s a path to being independent and making real money for themselves.”
In an industry notorious for being a revolving door, Vine Street’s 21-member staff includes several longtime employees who have been with the salon for 20 or more years. The salon has grown from an eight-chair to a 13-chair facility and doubled in size, now encompassing about 1,800 square feet on the second floor of a historic Walnut Square building.
Closing for eight months during the pandemic proved challenging, but the fact that the business survived created a feeling of resiliency the owners don’t take for granted.
“There isn’t a moment that can’t change on a dime and cause us to think, many times in creative ways, how to move forward,” Niven said.
Niven hasn’t done hair since 2012 due to ailments and is happy to have her partner be the face of the salon. Looking back, they’re surprised at how opposites like themselves ended up as partners. For starters, Batiste was born and raised in Berkeley; Niven’s from New Jersey.
“Lora thinks outside the lines. I make sure we at least stay on a line — any line!” Niven said.
Yet they share a common work ethic.
“It’s like a marriage,” Batiste said. “We’ve been able to get along and make it work.”
Vine Street Salon, 2118 Vine St., Suite D, Berkeley. Phone: 510-644-2444. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Connect via Facebook and Instagram.
Closed Central Berkeley
Bittersweet end for longtime candy-making and cake business
“Come enjoy the sweet life!” was the slogan of Spun Sugar, a cake-decorating and candy-making supply store that also offered classes. The sweet life came to an end after 26 years when the store closed on June 18 after holding a 75% off sale and turning away some sad customers.
“There was a lot of wailing at the front door when they saw the sign,” said owner Linda Moreno, sitting in the back of the 2,200-square-foot store while workers packed up and the owners of other Bay Area baking stores came in to inspect the deeply discounted merchandise.
Moreno said the store had been struggling, but the pandemic played a large role in its demise. When mandatory closings went into effect in March 2020, she had to cancel fully booked classes, taking a huge slice out of her earnings.
“We couldn’t get back to a regular teaching schedule, didn’t have staff, had to open five days instead of six,” she said. “I also dealt with too many homeless people at the front. One kicked in our glass door. Twelve-hundred dollars later, I think I’m done doing retail.”
Moreno is also packing up her Berkeley home of 32 years and heading for the hills — Sonora County’s Gold Country. She’ll miss teaching, but said “it’s OK to do something different.” She’s considering an offer to be a traveling teacher.
“It’s not like I’m starting from scratch,” she said.
Spun Sugar, 1611 University Ave., Berkeley. Phone: 510-843-9192.
In the Spotlight Gilman District
Staff shortage caused weekend Walgreens closure
On the weekend of June 18-19, the Walgreens pharmacy on Gilman Street closed with no advance warning due to a staffing shortage, according to a spokesperson. As a result, no Walgreens pharmacies were open that weekend for customers seeking to pick up prescriptions. The Gilman store is the only Berkeley Walgreens with weekend hours.
In February, the drug store chain closed the pharmacy at 2310 Telegraph Ave. The Walgreens at 2190 Shattuck Ave. has not had a pharmacy for four years; the pharmacy at 2801 Adeline St. is closed weekends.
The spokesperson directed customers to the Walgreens store locator on its website, which is updated throughout the day, and its app. She said customers with questions about their meds can also talk to a Walgreens pharmacist 24/7 using the Pharmacist Video Chat feature on the website and app.
The pharmacy closings come on the heels of a nationwide scaling back that involves the closing of 200 stores across the country. Walgreens closed its Shattuck Avenue store at Cedar Street store in 2020, followed by San Pablo and Ashby avenues closing in 2021.
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ALLEN, Kentucky — Two officers were killed when a man opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant at a home in eastern Kentucky Thursday night, authorities said.
Several officers were shot at the scene in Floyd County. Police took 49-year-old Lance Storz into custody late Thursday night, according to media reports.
Two officers were killed at the scene, and five officers were injured, an arrest citation said. An emergency management official was also injured and a police K9 dog was killed, according to the citation.
Storz was arraigned Friday morning by a judge in Pike County. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder of a police officer and was jailed on a $10 million bond. One of the charges was originally attempted murder of a police officer, but a judge said at the hearing that was upgraded to murder. He is also facing another attempted murder charge and assault on a service animal.
Few details from police were available Friday morning from the rural area in a mountainous part of eastern Kentucky. State police said in a brief statement that they are investigating an “officer-involved shooting," and gave few other details.
Attorney General Daniel Cameron said in a social media post Friday that he is “heartbroken to learn of the deaths of two law enforcement officers” during the shooting in Floyd County.
“Our law enforcement exhibited unimaginable heroism and sacrifice last night in the face of evil,” Cameron said.
Storz used a rifle to fire multiple rounds at officers around his residence on Main Street in Allen, Kentucky, the citation said.
Kentucky State Police were called to the scene at 6:30 p.m., joining local officers already on the scene.
Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt told local media that the suspect opened fire on deputies who were serving a court-issued warrant Thursday evening related to a domestic violence situation.
“Floyd County and our brave first responders suffered a tragic loss last night. I want to ask all of Kentucky to join me in praying for this community,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said in a social media post Friday morning. “This is a tough morning for our commonwealth.”
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TWX: kevinatilusa: I have no idea who it is that's submitting these each day. But whoever you are, thank you. It's usually some mixture of a grin, a chuckle, and an outright groan, but regardless I'm smiling.Eh. Too many of 'em are too much of a stretch for my tastes.Plus I'm reminded of a bigoted radio-sketch that was common among shock-jocks in the nineties, "Learning to Spell with Darnell, Darnell Jackson!" where a racist trope of a voiceover actor would go over a (mis)spelling of a common word or express and then an alternate definition for it.I guess if subby's use of puns was more clever then I might enjoy it more, these often being ribald or at least base doesn't do much for me most of the time.
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Happy July! I hope you have some fun things to do this weekend.
The Forest Festival is in full swing and there is so much going on. I wish I was more athletic or even in better shape because there are so many fun things to do. My plans this weekend include getting a corn dog and a lemonade from a vendor and taking grandkids to the parade. I hope you have some exciting plans.
We had our Kickoff to the Fourth of July party on Thursday and it was an absolute blast. It was so nice seeing so many people that I have known since I was a kid and a lot more that I usually only see during our big parties. We had about 250 of our closest friends and family in for this fun time. Jerry outdid himself again, his food was delicious and there was plenty of it. Butch Baker and the Just 4 Fun Band did an awesome job, and everyone was dancing up a storm. We had some wonderful door prizes and our big raffle was a $500 Meijer Gift Card that Meijer donated. Meijer is such a great company that truly gives back to its community and is always helping out the seniors in so many ways. Thanks to Meijer and all of your team members you are great examples of true partners! Other community partners pitched in to help us put on our party, thanks to the Boyer Agency and to West Shore Bank.
I am trying to get myself motivated to just sit outside for a few hours this weekend. I am not a sun person, I am sensitive to the sun due to a connective tissue disease and I usually pay for being in the sun too long. But I would love to just enjoy some me time and relax, I hope you get a little me time too.
We will be closed on Monday so the staff can enjoy the holiday. This week on Tuesday, we have Toe Tapping Tuesday with the 3Ds and you never know who may join in. Wednesday, we have the World-Famous Produce Bingo at 11 a.m. Our celebrity caller this week is Charlie Ganss. Thursday there is cribbage and chess going on and on Friday we have another Sip & Stroke Painting Party. They are going to paint a really cute picture of a bee and a flower. We hope to see you at something this week.
There are so many fun and interesting programs and activities coming up this month. We have another potluck on Sunday, July 17. We have another Family Fun Day in partnership with MAPS at the high school. We have a bus heading to Wellston for lunch and the Wellston Jammers. We also have Comedian Bob Ooten coming in for some laughs on Thursday, July 14. Don’t miss this world class comedian appearing at the senior center. We have a bus heading to Cadillac for Senior Appreciation Day on Thursday, July 28 and a bus heading toward Onekama for the Give Bees a Chance Flower Show. Both of these events are free to seniors 60 and up. Give us a call to get signed up. I could go on and on about all of the activities that we have planned this month. If you would like the entire schedule, you can go to our website at manisteecountycoa.com or pick up our newsletter at the senior center or at one of the many stores and businesses in our county that carry them. We would love to have you come and find something that you would like to do with us at the Manistee County Council on Aging/Senior Center.
Don’t forget all of the meal sites that are now available for people throughout Manistee County. The Senior Nutrition Program / Meals on Wheels is offered in six locations around the county. We have the Wagoner Community Center/Senior Center Monday through Friday at noon. The Farr Center in Onekama on Monday and Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m. Norman Township Community Center in Wellston on Tuesday and Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. Pleasant Valley Community Center in Arcadia on Tuesdays and Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Marilla Township Hall in Marilla on Wednesdays at noon and Maple Grove Township Community Center in Kaleva on Thursdays at noon. Our Community Senior Luncheons are a great way to get out of the house, have a delicious meal and enjoy some fun and fellowship. The meals are free to all Manistee County Seniors who are 60 and older. Donations of $3 per meal are gladly accepted. Visitors and anyone under 60 are welcome, with a $5 fee.
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The start of any new fantasy season comes with the drip-feeding of price reveals on Twitter from the Premier League’s official fantasy account.
On day one we’ve had Arsenal, Manchester City, Brentford, Brighton and Leeds, including some of the biggest stars in the game.
The FPL price of City’s big signing Erling Haaland has been hotly anticipated for months, but *spoiler alert* he isn’t even the most expensive fantasy option from the blue side of Manchester…
De Bruyne vs Haaland
It’s still five weeks until the 2022-23 Premier League gets underway, but there’s going to be plenty of talk among fantasy circles over which Manchester City attacker to back at the start of the season: Kevin De Bruyne or Erling Haaland. Well, that decision might get a little bit easier now we have the initial prices in front of us — crucially, Haaland comes in half a million quid cheaper.
The discrepancy in their prices and the reaction to a lower one for Haaland might raise some eyebrows, but he has been priced cautiously for good reason. While he’s shown for Borussia Dortmund his world-class ability, scoring 83 goals in 87 appearances, he’s unproven in the Premier League.
My colleague John Muller wrote an excellent piece in May weighing up City’s move for Haaland and makes some valid points about his very hot run of form, his style of play, and his suitability for a Pep Guardiola side.
We also have to factor in that Haaland is classified as a forward, whereas De Bruyne is a midfielder. So Haaland receives one less fantasy point per goal and isn’t eligible for any clean sheet points either.
At this price point, Haaland is very likely to start the season as the highest-owned forward in the game and it’s clear that those behind the game want the big signing of the window to be affordable for his first season. It will take a brave manager to bet against Haaland: we expect him to be highly backed as a captain pick too, particularly in Gameweek 2 against Bournemouth and Gameweek 5 against one of the other promoted sides, Nottingham Forest. We could see him on spot kicks for City and crucially he won’t be pacing himself for the World Cup this winter as Norway failed to qualify.
For some more reading, check out our Manchester City reporters Sam Lee and Pol Ballus looking at how Guardiola wants to use Haaland next season.
City contenders
Looking elsewhere in the City squad, there are some diamonds: Jack Grealish (£7.0 million), Kyle Walker (£5.0 million) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.0 million) have all decreased in price from last season, but at present it seems unlikely that we will see consistency of minutes for those players.
I’ll be keeping a close eye on Mahrez during the opening weeks of the season — the departure of Gabriel Jesus could see him get a sustained run on the right wing and he will benefit from having a true No 9 to link up with. Phil Foden (£8.0 million) remains at the same starting price as last season and avoids reclassification to a forward with the arrival of Haaland. Hopefully this is the season he fulfils his potential by being given a free role with the new boy leading the line.
After hitting more than 200 points last season to become City’s leading fantasy scorer, a price hike was inevitable for Joao Cancelo (£7.0 million). He played the most minutes of any City outfield player last season, hitting double digits for goal involvements while being involved in 19 of their 21 clean sheets.
His inclusion in our Gameweek 1 squad is entirely justified, as the most nailed-on City player and one who recovers quickly, avoiding sustained periods out injured.
Arsenal
It comes as no surprise to see Bukayo Saka (£8.0 million) come in as the most expensive Arsenal player, with Jesus’ transfer from Manchester City not yet officially announced at time of writing. Saka was ranked fifth for shots (97) and amassed 20 attacking returns over the course of last season. With competition looking fierce in attack as Arsenal hope to strengthen in the window, he looks to be the safest bet for the start of 2022-23.
However, if Martin Odegaard (£6.5 million) or Gabriel Martinelli (£6.0 million) are regulars in this campaign, they could offer fantastic value. New signing Fabio Vieira also comes in at £6.0 million.
There looks to be plenty of value in Arsenal’s defence too, with keeper Aaron Ramsdale (£5.0 million) and centre-back Gabriel (£5.0 million) key assets from the previous campaign. Arsenal kept 13 clean sheets last season, ranking them fifth in the Premier League, while Gabriel’s five goals made him the top-scoring defender. Ben White (£4.5 million) and full-back Takehiro Tomiyasu (£4.5 million) come in even cheaper: White was among the best-performing defenders at this price point last season, but there is some concern among Arsenal fans that William Saliba could displace him after returning from an excellent loan spell with Marseille that brought a France call-up.
Brentford reclassifications
The release of Brentford’s prices also brought news of the first reclassifications of the season: Bryan Mbeumo (£6.0 million) has moved from midfielder to forward, which diminishes his appeal, with Sergi Canos (£5.0 million) going from midfielder to defender. Canos, by the way, is suspended for Gameweek 1 having been sent off on the final day of last season in the loss to Leeds United.
Brentford are among the teams with favourable fixtures to start the new season, meaning there will be plenty of interest in talisman Ivan Toney (£7.0 million) who avoids a significant price hike. He’s scored eight goals in this calendar year already and has a flawless record from the penalty spot. David Raya (£4.5 million) could be a shoo-in as our go-to budget goalkeeper to start the season: only Jose Sa of Wolves had a better save percentage than Raya’s 76.8 in the Premier League last season.
Pontus Jansson ranked second for expected goals (xG) among defenders last season at 4.52, scoring three times and benefitting from the presence of Christian Eriksen in midfield in the final four months.
It remains to be seen where Eriksen, now a free agent, will be playing his football in 2022-23 but if he chooses to re-sign with Brentford, it automatically makes their players more attractive fantasy options across the board.
Brighton and Leeds
The biggest piece of news from Brighton’s price reveals was that Marc Cucarella (£5.0 million) could provide great value — should he get that move to Manchester City and become a nailed-on starter for the champions. He would provide a big saving on Cancelo on the opposite flank. Fantasy managers will now be keeping a close eye on the transfer market to see if the deal happens.
Brighton are ranked second on the fixture difficulty ticker for the opening eight gameweeks, making a punt on some of their assets more than viable. Lewis Dunk (£4.5 million) and Tariq Lamptey (£4.5 million) are both great options, with Dunk perhaps the safer pick for the start of the season given Lamptey’s injury record.
Looking further forward, Danny Welbeck (£6.5 million) impressed at the end of last campaign, netting three goals and four assists in his final five matches. Leandro Trossard (£6.5 million) and Neal Maupay (£6.5 million) come in at the same price, but surprisingly Denis Undav (£5.5 million), who has spent some time out on loan, is priced significantly cheaper. He scored 26 goals in the Belgian League last season and could be a real bargain if he hits the ground running in England.
Leeds were the final team to be announced but there was little to get excited about there, with Raphinha heading for the exit. His price wasn’t even announced.
Patrick Bamford might be of interest to fantasy managers but after an injury-ravaged season that saw him play only 122 minutes in Leeds’ last 33 league games, his price tag of £7.5 million looks a little steep.
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Wasilla pilot killed while working on response to Interior fire
A pilot working the Clear Fire in Interior Alaska was killed Sunday night in a helicopter crash. Alaska State Troopers identified the pilot as 56-year-old Douglas Ritchie of Wasilla. They say Ritchie was flying a 1960 Bell 204B “Huey” helicopter operated by Northern Pioneer Helicopters. It was taking off...
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Statement of Nupur Sharma was recorded on June 18: Delhi Police
New Delhi: Delhi Police said on Friday that they have already recorded the statement of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was suspended following her controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammed made during a television debate.
“A notice under Section 41A of the CrPc was served to Nupur Sharma and her statement was recorded as per the law on June 18,” a senior Delhi Police officer told IANS.
The police’s reaction came hours after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the suspended BJP leader, saying that Sharma’s ‘loose tongue’ has set the entire country ‘on fire’ and her ‘irresponsible’ remarks shows that she is ‘obstinate and arrogant’.
The two-judge bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala also flagged the Delhi Police’s ‘inaction’ in the Nupur Sharma case.
The bench added that on her complaint, a person was arrested but despite multiple FIRs she has not been touched by the Delhi Police.
“When you lodge a complaint against someone, that person is arrested but nobody dares to touch you… That shows your clout,” the bench observed during the hearing.
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PR Newswire
MCLEAN, Va., June 21, 2022
Partnership Will Enable NextNav's TerraPoiNT for Mass Market Applications
MCLEAN, Va., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NextNav, a leader in next generation GPS, announced the successful integration of its TerraPoiNT advanced location technology into GCT's LTE chipset. GCT, a leading designer and supplier of advanced 4G and 5G solutions, will offer resilient 3D GPS equivalent performance into its GDM7243i chip. This integration enables NextNav's TerraPoiNT capability to be brought into mass market applications such as timing for critical infrastructure, position/navigation for cars, IoT, and drone/eVTOL markets in GPS-challenged environments.
"As a leader in multi-system chipset systems, GCT is uniquely positioned to drive innovation in the increasingly important mass market applications for indoor and urban environments," said Jeemee Kim, GCT Chief Technology Officer. "We are pleased to bring our best-in-class technologies together and to support the NextNav TerraPoiNT network with GCT's GDM7243i chipset, which offers flexible architecture, a high fidelity wide area indoor/urban location capability with low power consumption, and connectivity suited for mass market devices."
NextNav's TerraPoiNT terrestrial-based network has an initial footprint across 47 major markets including a commercial scale deployment in the San Francisco market. TerraPoiNT is deployed much like a cellular network, but offers consistent Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services to every point within a covered metropolitan area, as well as accurate timing, horizontal positioning, and altitude information – particularly important capabilities for urban and indoor areas where GPS systems tend to be most challenged. TerraPoiNT provides a resilient, complementary layer to GPS, with signals 100,000 times stronger and an ability to operate independent of GPS. TerraPoiNT also has signal encryption, making it far less vulnerable to jamming or spoofing as is often the case with GPS signals. With an agile signal design, it can operate on a variety of spectrum bands.
GCT's GDM7243i chipset supports NextNav's TerraPoiNT as well as LTE and GPS solutions, enabling a variety of use cases across positioning, navigation and timing.
- The chipset flexibly supports a range of frequencies including all of the LTE bands worldwide for further implementation across global markets including both the 920-928 MHz spectrum owned by NextNav within the United States, as well as the 855-860 MHz where NextNav's TerraPoiNT operates in Japan.
- The RF front end of the chipset also supports a large signal dynamic range, i.e. from weakest signal below noise floor to strongest signal close to base-station/beacon. This dynamic range is required for a terrestrial system such as TerraPoiNT (complementing GNSS satellite-based signal processing).
- The chipset is designed for ultra low-power consumption and small size for mass market devices.
"We designed TerraPoint to complement GPS/GNSS services and to leverage existing chipset platforms and applications, minimizing implementation costs and easing service adoption," said Dr. Arun Raghupathy, NextNav Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Engineering. "By complementing TerraPoiNT receivers with commercial GCT chipset capabilities, we've reached a milestone in demonstrating that TerraPoiNT signals can be received on an LTE/GPS capable chipset hardware – all in a compact form-factor suitable for mass market devices. We're thrilled that GCT's scale and proven track record of delivering highly programmable chipsets will ensure broad availability of the high-quality 3D indoor positioning delivered by our TerraPoiNT network. We plan on mass market customer trials and commercial proof of concepts in the coming months leveraging GCT's chipset."
A 2021 Department of Transportation Report highlights the superior performance of NextNav location technology in side-by-side tests. NextNav was the only solution in the DOT test that addressed every use case for position, navigation, and timing, and functioned in all indoor and outdoor PNT scenarios, including airborne 3D positioning. In addition, it was the only technology capable of reporting a valid height or altitude estimate, enabling floor-level positioning.
Source: NN-FIN
About NextNav
NextNav Inc. (Nasdaq: NN) is a leader in next generation GPS, enabling a whole new ecosystem of applications and services that rely upon vertical location and resilient geolocation technology. The company's Pinnacle network delivers highly accurate vertical positioning to transform location services, reflecting the 3D world around us and supporting innovative, new capabilities. NextNav's TerraPoiNT network delivers accurate, reliable, and resilient 3D positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services to support critical infrastructure and other GPS-reliant systems in the absence or failure of GPS.
For more information, please visit https://nextnav.com/ or follow NextNav on Twitter or LinkedIn.
About GCT
GCT Semiconductor is a leading fabless designer and supplier of advanced 5G and 4G LTE semiconductor solutions. GCT's market-proven solutions have enabled fast and reliable LTE connectivity to numerous commercial devices such as smartphones, tablets, hotspots, USB dongles, routers, M2M applications, etc., for the world's top LTE carriers. GCT's system-on-chip solutions integrate radio frequency, baseband modem and digital signal processing functions, therefore offering complete 4G platform solutions with small form factors, low power consumption, high performance, high reliability and cost effectiveness. For more information, visit www.gctsemi.com
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